Extreme Networks EPICenter Software Installation Manual page 410

Using the Policy Manager
When the Policy Manager applet first appears, the Policies View is selected, showing a summary of the
policies currently defined within the EPICenter Policy Manager. You can view the details of an
individual policy by selecting the policy in the component tree, or by double-clicking a policy entry in
the policy list in the main window of the applet.
From the Policies View you can create and modify access list and QoS rules. See "Policies View" on
page 411 for details on defining policies.
The buttons at the top of the page provide the following functions:
• New lets you create new policy definitions. This button is available only in the Policies View.
• Save lets you add a new policy definition to the database, or replace a modified policy. This
button is available only in the Policies View.
• Delete removes the selected policy definition from the database. This button is available only in
the Policies View.
• Reset abandons all modifications you have made to a policy definition, and restores the last
saved definition for the selected policy to the fields displayed in the Policy description page. This
button is available only in the Policies View.
• Auto is a toggled-state button that indicates whether auto-configuration is enabled or disabled.
When auto-configuration is enabled
Manager, any changes made within the Grouping Manager or Inventory Manager that affect the
endpoints or scoping of a policy, or any changes on a device that affect access list or QoS settings on
the device, will cause an immediate reconfiguration of all enabled policies on the network devices.
Access-based Security policies will be automatically configured only if the Auto-configuration mode
is activated.
When auto-configuration is disabled
invoked using one the configure buttons (Config or Config All). See "Configuring QoS Policies" on
page 433 for important information on using the Auto-configuration feature. If you are using
Access-based Security policies and auto-configuration is disabled, these policies have to be
configured each time a user logs in over the network.
• Order lets you change the precedence of your policies relative to one another.
• Cfg All computes rules for your policies and configures them on all affected devices.
• Config computes the set of access list and QoS rules that affect the devices you select, and
configures them on those devices. You can select an individual device or a group, and all policies
that have those devices in their scope will be configured. This button is available only in the ACL
Viewer.
• Profile lets you modify the settings of the QoS profiles for a device or device port.
• Help displays online help pages for the Policy Manager.
• Status shows the status of a configuration operations due to automatic or directed
configuration.
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any access list or QoS changes made within the Policy
device policy configuration occurs only when specifically
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