Ip Route Policy Configuration Task List - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual

ACL
You can specify a range of IP addresses or subnets when defining an ACL so as to match the
destination network addresses or next-hop addresses in routing information. You can reference an ACL
into a route policy to filter routing information.
For ACL configuration, refer to the part discussing ACL.
IP-prefix list
IP-prefix list plays a role similar to ACL. But it is more flexible than ACL and easier to understand. When
IP-prefix list is applied to filter routing information, its matching object is the destination address field in
routing information. Moreover, with IP-prefix list, you can use the gateway option to specify that only
routing information advertised by certain routers will be received.
An IP-prefix list is identified by its IP-prefix name. Each IP-prefix list can contain multiple entries, and
each entry, identified by an index-number, can independently specify the match range in the network
prefix form. An index-number specifies the matching sequence in the IP-prefix list.
There is an OR relationship between entries. During the matching, the router checks entries identified
by index-number in ascending order. Once an entry is matched, the IP-prefix list filtering is passed and
no other entries will be checked.
Route policy
A route policy is used to match some attributes with given routing information and the attributes of the
information will be set if the conditions are satisfied.
A route policy can comprise multiple nodes. Each node is a unit for matching test, and the nodes will be
matched in ascending order of their node numbers. Each node comprises a set of if-match and apply
clauses. The if-match clauses define the matching rules. The matching objects are some attributes of
routing information. The relationship among the if-match clauses for a node is "AND". As a result, a
matching test against a node is successful only when all the matching conditions specified by the
if-match clauses in the node are satisfied. The apply clauses specify the actions performed after a
matching test against the node is successful, and the actions can be the attribute settings of routing
information.
There is an OR relationship between different nodes in a route policy. As a result, the system examines
the nodes in the route policy in sequence, and once the route matches a node in the route policy, it will
pass the matching test of the route policy without entering the test of the next node.

IP Route Policy Configuration Task List

Complete the following tasks to configure an IP route policy:
Route Policy Configuration
IP-Prefix Configuration
Task
Defining a Route Policy
Defining if-match Clauses and
apply Clauses
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