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Implementing Common Open Policy Services (COPS)
COPS in your networks allows Business Communications Manager to:
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Gather all relevant Policy information from a policy server (COPS).
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Make a decision based on your (as network administrator) set policies and network resources,
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Communicate that decision in the form of proper service to the appropriate group or client
(bandwidth, ACLs, QoS).
A solid COPS strategy is closely tied to Internet Protocol (IP) address management and network
management. For information about COPS, refer to
The COPS client options available to you in Unified Manager are:
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Viewing COPS statistics and capabilities
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Creating COPS client configurations
Note: Configure the role combinations before you configuring dynamic policy
management (COPS).
Viewing COPS statistics and capabilities
You can view a list of the capabilities of the COPS client and view the COPS objects provided by
all of COPS server connections.
To view COPS capabilities and statistics:
1
On the navigation tree, click the Services key and click the Policy Management key.
2
Click the COPS Client key and the Status and Statistics heading.
The COPS Client Capability screen appears.
The COPS Capabilities box displays a list of the COPS protocols supported by Business
Communications Manager. The current supported protocol is copsClientVersion1.
3
Click the COPS Client Status and Statistics tab.
The COPS Client Status and Statistics screen appears. All of the information provided on this
screen is read only. The following table describes the items on this screen.
Table 251 Status page items
Item
Descriptions
Address Type
The type of address in copsClientServerAddress.
Address
The IPv4, IPv6, or DNS address of a COPS server.
Implementing Common Open Policy Services (COPS)
"COPS" on page
("Viewing COPS statistics and capabilities" on page
("Configuring a COPS Client" on page
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