Autotracker Policy Types - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

AutoTracker Policy Types

AutoTracker Policy Types
You can define a maximum of 32 AutoTracker policies of each type per Group. There is no
restriction on the number of rules you can define per AutoTracker
mum number of policies for the Group is not exceeded. A port or device is included in a
mobile group or AutoTracker
You can define the following types of rules:
. Port policies enable you to define membership on the basis of ports. Members of
the mobile group or AutoTracker
one switch or on multiple switches in the Group.
devices'
MAC
control and security. Members of the mobile group or AutoTracker
devices with specific
they may be connected to different switches in the Group. A maximum of 1024
addresses are supported per
col that devices use to communicate. All devices that communicate with the specified proto-
col become members of the mobile group or AutoTracker
You can specify membership according to the following protocols:
et. In addition, you can specify membership according to Ethernet type, source and
DECN
destination
SAP
col) type.
basis of network address criteria.
For example, you can specify that all
mobile group or AutoTracker
network address area using a certain encapsulation type be included.
If you define network address and port or protocol rules in the same
address rules will take precedence over the port and protocol rules should any conflict arise.
To reverse this precedence (i.e., port and protocol rules take precedence over network
address rules) you must add the following line to the switch's
specific pattern within a frame. All devices that originate frames containing this pattern are
assigned to the mobile group or AutoTracker
offset, a value, and a mask.
mobile group or AutoTracker VLAN. There are six types of Port Binding Rules that can be
created:
• Bind IP Address to a Port and a MAC address
• Bind MAC Address to a Protocol and a Port
• Bind Port to a Protocol
• Bind IP Address to a MAC Address
• Bind IP Address to a Port
• Bind MAC Address to a Port
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if it matches any one rule.
VLAN
VLAN
. address policies enable you to define membership on the basis of
MAC
addresses. This is the simplest type of rule and provides the maximum degree of
addresses. These devices may all be connected to one switch or
MAC
address policy.
MAC
. Protocol policies enable you to define membership on the basis of the proto-
(service access protocol) header values, or
. Network address policies enable you to define membership on the
IP
. Or, you can specify that all
VLAN
. User-defined policies enable you to define membership on the basis of a
. A port binding policy specifies a particular device to be included in the
will consist of devices connected to specific ports on
.
VLAN
SNAP
users with a specific subnet mask be included in the
. The pattern is specified by defining an
VLAN
, as long as the maxi-
VLAN
will consist of
VLAN
MAC
, , AppleTalk, or
IP IPX
(sub-network access proto-
users in a specific
IPX
, the network
VLAN
file: