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Nortel 460 Device Management Manual

Enterprise policy manager
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Enterprise Policy Manager - Device Management Guide
Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch
460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS
This guide contains information relating to the configuration of the Nortel
Ethernet Switch 460 (formerly BayStack 460), Ethernet Switch 470 (formerly
BayStack 470), and Business Policy Switch (BPS), to receive policy configuration
from Nortel Enterprise Policy Manager (EPM). It also includes information on the
devices' compatibility with various policy management objects.
This guide covers the following subjects:

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  • Page 1 Ethernet Switch 460 (formerly BayStack 460), Ethernet Switch 470 (formerly BayStack 470), and Business Policy Switch (BPS), to receive policy configuration from Nortel Enterprise Policy Manager (EPM). It also includes information on the devices’ compatibility with various policy management objects.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 3: Configuring The Device For Policy Management

    Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS 3 If you are working with a maintenance release in the EPM 4-series (i.e. post-4.1), it may have been tested against a newer version of the device software. To verify the absolute latest supported device software versions, refer to the Release Notes for Enterprise Policy Manager manual.
  • Page 4 Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS Type a priority value in the Priority field. If you are specifying more than one Policy Server, the priority value sets the sequential order in which the client connects to the Policy Servers.

  • Page 5: Testing An Ethernet Switch Or Bps Device's Policy Configuration

    Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS 5 Enable the check box for each port on the device that you want to include under the new role combination, and then click the Submit button.

  • Page 6: Known Device Limitations For Epm 4.1

    ONLY if the stack consists entirely of COPS-PR compatible devices (Business Policy Switch, Ethernet Switch 460, and Ethernet Switch 470). If you are running a mixed stack that includes Ethernet Switch 450 devices, you will not be able to configure user-based policies on the stack.

  • Page 7: Policy Object - Device Compatibility

    Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS 7 Policy object - device compatibility EPM provides a selection of policy-related objects (traffic conditions and actions) to support traffic matching and traffic conditioning on a number of policy-enabled network devices.

  • Page 8: Epm Access Requirements

    Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS Reporting capability Device Reporting - View Filters (via SNMP) Device Reporting - Filter Statistics (via SNMP) Queue mapping capability 802 COS to DSCP DSCP to 802 COS...

  • Page 9: Hardware Changes On A Policy-Enabled Device

    Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS 9 Hardware changes on a policy-enabled device Making hardware changes to a device that is enabled for policy management (for example, switching off and changing blades) will cause the Policy Server to generate errors when the device is disconnected.

  • Page 10: Bps Action Limitations

    Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS BPS action limitations The Business Policy Switch (BPS) accepts different types of policy actions, depending on the software version installed on the device. In some cases, the EPM Policy Server does not send all of the action types accepted by the BPS.
  • Page 11 Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS 11 Update DSCP actions Table 2 describes the allowable DSCP update actions under different interface classes, relative to BPS software versions and traffic classifications. Table 2 DSCP Update action behavior...
  • Page 12 Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS ‡ Egress Map - Use COS value from DSCP to COS mapping, based on DSCP from incoming packet. ** Ignore - Ignore user priority value. Table 4 describes the allowable User Priority Update actions, based on the DSCP specification for the same action.
  • Page 13 Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS 13 ‡ Egress Map - Use COS value from DSCP to COS mapping, based on DSCP from incoming packet. ** Ignore - Ignore drop precedence. Table 6 describes the allowable Drop Precedence Update actions, based on the DSCP specification for the same action.
  • Page 14 Policy management on the Nortel Ethernet Switch 460, Ethernet Switch 470, and BPS In all cases, the 802.1p User Priority value must be known for a flow of packets in order for shaping to take place. Because packets must be re-marked before the 802.1p User Priority value can be known, Ignore or Drop actions cannot include...

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