Policy Parsing - Extreme Networks Policy Manager User Manual

Viewing Policies and Rules
When there is no problem with the connection, a Policy Selection box opens as shown below.
5 From the dropdown menu, choose the desired policy name and click OK. The Operation Progress
box is displayed and is followed by a Load Notice box stating that the policy was successfully
loaded.
6 Click OK. In the Tree Structure Panel, the IP address of the switch is displayed following the policy
name.
NOTE
The Operation Progress box appears when policies are being loaded from or saved to a switch, indicating that the
switch connection is being checked.
Some EPM functions are active only when the program is connected to a switch and are either not
displayed or not enabled in the local mode. These include the following:
The Status Panel's Rule Activity tab is displayed only when connected to a switch.
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The Rule Editing and Viewing Panel's TCNT entries do not show unless connected to a switch.
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Policy Parsing

The EPM can be set to respond in one of two ways when an attempt is made to open an invalid policy.
1 From the menu, choose Tools > Properties > Policy Parsing > Ignore Unknown Keywords. The box
is checked by default.
When the box is checked, the EPM attempts to load the policy. When such a policy is encountered, a
Parse Notice box is displayed as shown below.
2 Click OK and the rule display in the rule viewing panels resembles the following:
When the box is unchecked, the EPM responds with an invalid message and does not attempt to load
the policy.
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