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Viewing Policies and Rules
Another feature of this panel is a dropdown menu that is displayed when you right-click any rule in the
list. The menu displays functions that are used primarily to edit and modify policies and rules. For
details about this menu, refer to the chapter,
Rule Properties Panel
The Rule Properties Panel is made up of three boxes under two tabs. The three boxes display different
elements of the selected rule.
Rule Parameters Tab. Clicking the Rule Parameters tab displays the following information:
When an ACL is selected from either the Tree Structure or the Rule Editing and Viewing Panel, the
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rule parameters displayed are:
Match Conditions
Actions
Action Modifiers
When a CF is selected, the rule parameters displayed are:
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Match Conditions
Actions (True Condition)
Actions (False Condition)
Icons are connected to each of the three boxes and are used to edit the parameters. They are:
Rule Information Tab. Clicking the Rule Information tab displays the following information:
General
Access
Notes
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The match conditions contained in the rule—the "if" statement. A list
of available match conditions is included in Appendix A
The action taken when the packet matches the match conditions—the
"then" "permit or deny" statement. If the packet matches all the
match conditions and if there is no action specified in the "then"
statement, "permit" is used by default.
Additional modifiers to the actions, such as "count", cvid, link-
aggregation-hash, traffic queue, or redirect.
The conditions that will trigger the rule and how often to evaluate the
rule.
The list of actions to take when the rule is triggered—the "then"
clause.
The list of actions to take after the rule is triggered and when the
match conditions later become false—the else clause.
Delete Selection
Edit Arguments of selected
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A summary of the basic information about the rule including: Name; Type; Policy
Version; Action information, and so forth.
Details showing when and by whom the rule was created and, if applicable,
modified. In the Supervisor edition, the "by whom" is always the supervisor.
A read/write text box into which notes such as the purpose of the rule can be
added. To add notes, click inside the text box and begin typing. The Apply Notes
button is enabled. Click the button when the entry in complete. To delete notes,
highlight the text to be removed then strike the keyboard's Delete or Backspace
key. The Apply Notes button is enabled. Click the button.
"Modifying Policies and Rules" on page
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on page
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