Managing Policy Activity; Activating And Deactivating A Policy - Extreme Networks Policy Manager User Manual

Modifying Policies and Rules

Managing Policy Activity

After a policy is saved to the switch. it does not function until it is activated. The current activity status
of the policy is shown in the Status Panel under the Rule Activity tab.

Activating and Deactivating a Policy

To activate the policy on either a port or a VLAN, use the following procedure:
1 From the menu, choose Policy > Activity.... A Policy Activity Manager dialog box is displayed as
shown below.
2 To activate the policy on a port, click the Activate Port command button. The following Policy
Activity - Activate Port(s) dialog box opens.
3 From the Available list of ports, select a port and using the arrow command button transfer it to the
Selected text box. Select additional ports as needed. Click the Ingress or Egress radio buttons and
then Save and Close. The box closes and in the Active Ports panel, the port number, ingress or
egress and the Policy name are displayed.
50
Extreme Networks Policy Manager (EPM) 1.2 User Guide