Wan Traffic Policies - Novell EDIRECTORY 8.8 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

7 Click Apply, then click OK.
Adding Additional Information to a LAN Area Object
You can use ConsoleOne
available in Novell iMonitor.
1 In ConsoleOne, right-click a LAN Area object.
2 Click Properties > General.
3 Add the Owner, Description, Location, Department, and Organization information you want.
4 Click Apply, then click OK.

11.1.2 WAN Traffic Policies

A WAN traffic policy is a set of rules that control the generation of eDirectory traffic. These rules
are created as text and are stored as an eDirectory property value on the Server object, the LAN Area
object, or both. The policy is interpreted according to a simple processing language.
You can apply policies to individual servers or you can create LAN Area objects and assign several
servers to one of these objects. Any policy that is applied to the LAN Area object is automatically
applied to all servers that are assigned to the object.
WAN Traffic Manager comes with several predefined policy groups. You can use these policies as
they are, modify them to meet your needs, or write new policies.
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Predefined Policy Groups
The following table lists groups of predefined policies with similar functions:
Policy Group
1-3am.wmg
7am-6pm.wmg
costlt20.wmg
ipx.wmg
ndsttyps.wmg
onospoof.wmg
opnspoof.wmg
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To apply a WAN policy to the LAN Area object, thereby applying the policy to all the servers
in the group, see "Applying WAN Policies" on page
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to add descriptive information to a LAN Area object. This feature is not
"Applying WAN Policies" on page 281
"Modifying WAN Policies" on page 281
"Renaming an Existing Policy" on page 282
"Creating New WAN Policies" on page 283
Description
Limits the time traffic is sent to between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.
Limits the time traffic is sent to between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Allows only traffic that has a cost factor below 20 to be sent.
Allows only IPX traffic.
Provides sample policies for various eDirectory traffic types.
Allows only existing WAN connections to be used.
Allows only existing WAN connections to be used but assumes that a
connection that hasn't been used for 15 minutes is being spoofed and
should not be used.
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