Policy Example - ZyXEL Communications XGS2210-28 User Manual

Table 86 Advanced Application > Policy Rule (continued)
LABEL
Diffserv
Outgoing
Metering
Out-of-profile
action
Add
Cancel
Clear
Index
Active
Name
Classifier(s)
Delete
Cancel

22.3 Policy Example

The figure below shows an example Policy screen where you configure a policy to limit bandwidth on a
traffic flow classified using the Example classifier (refer to
Chapter 22 Policy Rule
DESCRIPTION
Select No change to keep the TOS and/or DSCP fields in the packets.
Select Set the packet's TOS field to set the TOS field with the value you configure in the TOS field.
Select Replace the IP TOS field with the 802.1p priority value to replace the TOS field with the
value you configure in the Priority field.
Select Set the Diffserv Codepoint field in the frame to set the DSCP field with the value you
configure in the DSCP field.
Select Send the packet to the mirror port to send the packet to the mirror port.
Select Send the packet to the egress port to send the packet to the egress port.
Select Enable to activate bandwidth limitation on the traffic flow(s) then set the actions to be
taken on out-of-profile packets.
Select the action(s) to be performed for out-of-profile traffic.
Select Drop the packet to discard the out-of-profile traffic.
Select Change the DSCP value to replace the DSCP field with the value specified in the Out of
profile DSCP field.
Select Set Out-Drop Precedence to mark out-of-profile traffic and drop it when network is
congested.
Select Do not drop the matching frame previously marked for dropping to queue the frames that
are marked to be dropped.
Click Add to inset the entry to the summary table below and save your changes to the Switch's
run-time memory. The Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save
link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are
done configuring.
Click Cancel to reset the fields back to your previous configuration.
Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.
This field displays the policy index number. Click an index number to edit the policy.
This field displays Yes when policy is activated and No when is it deactivated.
This field displays the name you have assigned to this policy.
This field displays the name(s) of the classifier to which this policy applies.
Select an entry's check box to select a specific entry. Otherwise, select the check box in the
table heading row to select all entries.
Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.
Click Cancel to clear the check boxes.
XGS2210 Series User's Guide
Section 21.5 on page
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