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8.55 Switch Policy (SPolicy) Context

A Switch Policy acts as a container for all the other policies. Although you can define any number of Switch

Policies, only one of them can be active at a time.

The WS5000 lets you designate an "Emergency Switch Policy" (ESP). The ESP, which you can quickly activate

from any of the WS5000 access venues (CLI, SNMP, and GUI), is meant to serve as a known, safe, and

conservative policy that you use in the case of an emergency, such as a security breach. To designate the ESP,

emergencypolicy. To activate the ESP, use the enable option with the

In addition to containing all the other policies, the Switch Policy defines an adoption list that defines the types

of Access Ports that can be adopted.

summarizes the commands within this context. Common commands between multiple contexts are

described in further detail in the

Table 8.60 Switch Policy Context Command Summary

Terminate a current session and moves up a context, hierarchically.

Terminate a current session and returns to the "root" prompt.

Get the command information.

logout or bye

Close this session.

Clear the screen.

emergencymode

Enable or disable Emergency mode.

Add a new Switch Policy to the system.

Select a Switch Policy to configure.

Remove a Switch Policy from the system.

Display available Switch Policy details.

Switch Policy (SPolicy) Context

Creates and adds a new Switch Policy instance.

The name of the new Switch policy.

WS5000.(Cfg).SPolicy> add new_policy

Adding Switch Policy...

Status: Success.

Common Commands

command within

emergencymode