Validating And Checking A Policy - Extreme Networks Policy Manager User Manual

Creating Policies and Rules
c Select an existing policy name from the dropdown menu. The name is then displayed in the text
field. Use this when replacing an existing policy with an updated one. The EPM displays a
warning when it is overriding an existing policy.
d To save the name you have chosen to display in the Name text field, click OK.
NOTE
The "Launch activity manager after save" box above refers to the Policy Activity Manager dialog box which is
described on page
When the policy is being saved on a switch that supports CLEAR-Flow, a Validation Notice
confirming the save is displayed.
When the policy is being saved on a switch that does not support CLEAR-Flow (see
Requirements" on page
to continue the save process. CLEAR-Flow rules are displayed in the rule viewing panels but are not
supported on the switch.
The saved policy name is displayed in the Tree Structure Panel followed by the IP address of the switch.
NOTE
A policy name must be an alpha-numeric string between 1 and 32 characters in length ending in '.pol.'

Validating and Checking a Policy

When a policy is created or when new rules have been added, the policy should be validated.
To validate a policy, use the following procedure.
1 From the Menu choose Policy > Validate & Check or click the
is displayed, followed by either a Validation Notice if the policy has passed validation or a Policy
Validation Exception if it has not. When you are working on a switch, this function indicates that it
validates the policy and checks it on the switch.
2 When the Policy Validation Exception box is shown, click Show Details. An Exception Detail box
opens explaining why the policy did not pass validation. Possible reasons include:
The Policy contains no rules.
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Parse Exception ( Last Rule Line = 1, Last Rule = n/a, Last Metadata Line = 0 ) : Unable to
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parse policy because policy selection is invalid.
Any of the errors you would encounter running the check policy command line directly on
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the switch.
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11), a CLEAR-Flow Support Notice is displayed as shown below. Click Yes
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