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Using the Policy Manager

This chapter describes how to use the EPICenter Policy Manager for:
• Creating, modifying, and deleting network Quality of Service (QoS), access list, and Access-based
policies
• Configuring QoS profile settings on network devices
• Configuring network devices with the defined network policies
Using the Policy Manager
The Policy Manager provides a high-level interface for specifying QoS and access list rules for Extreme
Networks devices, and IP policies for Cisco devices. It is strongly recommended that you become
familiar with the concepts presented in Chapter 1 of this manual before you begin to create policies
through EPICenter on your network devices.
The Policy Manager is closely tied to the EPICenter Grouping applet, which is used to define the
network resources that can be used as endpoints or in the scope for a policy definition. Resources must
be set up through the Grouping applet prior to using them in a policy definition. You should be familiar
with the Grouping applet before you begin to define policies through the Policy Manager.
In addition, you must have Administrator or Manager access to create, modify, and configure policies
within the Policy Manager. If you have Monitor-level access only, you cannot use these functions.
To invoke the Policy Manager, click the Policy button in the Navigation Toolbar. The Policy Manager
main window is displayed (see Figure 200).
The Policy Manager is organized into two functional areas.
• Policies View, where you can create, view, and modify EPICenter policy definitions for Extreme
Networks devices. The organizing principle within the Policies View is the policy definition.
• The ACL Viewer, where you can view the access list and QoS rules generated by the Policy Manager
for the devices in your network. You cannot modify EPICenter policy definitions from within this
view. However, you can modify QoS configuration settings for Cisco devices. The organizing
principle within the ACL Viewer is the network device.
From either the Policies View or ACL Viewer, you can modify QoS profiles, change policy precedence,
and configure the currently-enabled policies on one or more devices.
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