Extreme Networks Policy Manager User Manual page 4

Table of Contents
Chapter 4: Creating Policies and Rules........................................................................................... 37
Introduction .............................................................................................................................37
Creating a New Policy................................................................................................................37
Creating a New Rule for a Policy.................................................................................................37
Saving a Policy .........................................................................................................................39
Validating and Checking a Policy ................................................................................................40
Importing and Exporting Rules into a Policy.................................................................................41
Importing Rules ..................................................................................................................41
Exporting Rules...................................................................................................................42
Chapter 5: Modifying Policies and Rules ........................................................................................ 43
Introduction .............................................................................................................................43
Marking Rules ..........................................................................................................................44
Adding and Deleting Rules in a Policy .........................................................................................44
Adding Rules ......................................................................................................................44
Deleting Rules ....................................................................................................................44
Modifying Rules ........................................................................................................................45
Renaming a Rule ................................................................................................................45
Reclassifying a Rule ............................................................................................................45
Changing Rule Parameters ...................................................................................................46
Applying Changes to an Activated Policy..........................................................................47
Managing Global and Policy Variables .........................................................................................48
Organizing Rules .......................................................................................................................49
Deleting Policies .......................................................................................................................49
Managing Policy Activity ............................................................................................................50
Activating and Deactivating a Policy......................................................................................50
Disabling a Rule..................................................................................................................52
Chapter 6: Running Extreme Networks Policy Manager Examples..................................................... 53
Introduction .............................................................................................................................53
Example 1-Example_TCP_Threshold.pol....................................................................................53
Open and View the Policy.....................................................................................................53
Save to a Switch .................................................................................................................54
Activate the Policy on a Port.................................................................................................55
Modify Rule Parameters .......................................................................................................57
Example 2-Example_TCP_UDP_Balance.pol ..............................................................................58
Open and View the Policy.....................................................................................................58
Search for a Rule ................................................................................................................59
Incorporate into a Policy ......................................................................................................61
Appendix A: Help Messages.......................................................................................................... 63
Introduction .............................................................................................................................63
Predefined CLEAR-Flow System Counters ....................................................................................63
Synonyms used for Rule Constants ............................................................................................65
Type Selection Panel .................................................................................................................68
Match Condition Selection Panel ................................................................................................69
Action Modifier Selection Panel..................................................................................................70
True Action Selection Panel .......................................................................................................75
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