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Policy Editor Reference

Policy Editor Reference

These topics describe the fields on the pages used in the Policy Editor:

Policy (New or Edit)

The Policy page opens when you do one of the following:

Description

Use the Policy page to add, view or edit a Provisioning or Signaling policy.


Table B-1: Policy Page
Field Description Notes

Role

The name of the role to which the policy belongs.

Policy Name

The name of the policy.

Policy names can be up to 31 alphanumeric characters, including underscore (_), and hyphens (-). Do not use spaces.

Direction

The direction of the traffic to which this policy applies:

  • In---The policy only applies to traffic entering the interface.

  • Out---The policy only applies to traffic leaving the interface.

  • In/Out---The policy applies to all traffic traversing the interface.

Status

Specifies whether the policy is enabled or disabled.

Disabled policies are saved in the QoS database but are not deployed to devices.

Filter

Select a predefined filter, or click New to create a new filter to identify the packets to which the policy applies.

Click View/Edit to view or edit the selected filter.

See Filter (New or Edit) for more details about creating or editing a filter.

Service Type

Select a service level for handling packets that match the policy filter.

The available service levels are defined in the selected global service template.

Flow Rate Limit

Select a predefined limit, or click New to create a new limit to limit bandwidth for individual provisioning or signaling flows.

Click View/Edit to view or edit the selected flow rate limit.

See PR Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit), and Signaling Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit) for more details about creating and editing flow rate limits.

Class Rate Limit

Select a predefined limit, or click New to create a new limit to limit bandwidth for aggregate provisioning or signaling flows.

Click View/Edit to view or edit the selected class rate limit.

See PR Class Rate Limit (New or Edit), and Signaling Class Rate Limit (New or Edit) for more details about creating and editing class rate limits.

Comment

Enter a short description for the policy.

This field is optional.

Save button

Click this button to save the policy.

Cancel button

Click this button to discard unsaved changes.

Role Page

The Role page opens when you do one of the following:

Definition

The Role page lists provisioning and signaling/RSVP policies in the selected role. Use the Role page to:


Table B-2: Role Page
Field Description Notes

Add PR Policy

Click to add a new provisioning policy to the role.

Add Signaling Policy

Click to add a new signaling policy to the role.

Go to role

Select a role to open the Role page for that role.

Role Settings

Displays the global service template to which the role belongs.

The Default Action field defines the action that will be taken for packets that do not match any of the policy filters in the role.

Provisioning Policies

Displays details of provisioning policies defined for the role. The policy number defines its order of priority in the role.

See Policy (New or Edit) for more information about policy details.

Signaling/ RSVP Policies

Displays details of signaling and RSVP policies defined for the role. The policy number defines its order of priority in the role.

See Policy (New or Edit) for more information about policy details.

DB Load/Save

The DB Load/Save page opens when you select DB Load/Save in the Policy Editor option bar.

Definition

Use the DB Load/Save page to:


Table B-3: DB Load/Save Page
Field Description Notes

Load Database

To load an existing database, choose a database from the Load from file dropdown list and click the Load button.

To load a new database, enter the new database name in the Create new database field and click the Create button.

Save Database

Click the Save button to save changes to the selected database.

To rename the database, enter a new name and click Save As.

Role List

The Role page opens when you do one of the following:

Definition

The Role List page lists the roles in the domain. Use the Role List page to:


Table B-4: Role List Page
Field Description Notes

Select Global Service Template

Click to open the Service Templates page where you can select a global service template.

Global Service Template

Displays the current global service template. Click the service template name to see its details.

New Role

Enter a role name and click Add. The Role page appears.

Role names can be up to 31 alphanumeric characters, including underscore (_), and hyphens (-). Do not use spaces.

Roles

Displays the roles in the current domain. The role number defines the role priority for policy matching.The roles are ordered from higher to lower priority.

Delete Selection

Click to delete the selected role or roles.

Libraries

The Libraries page opens when you select Libraries in the Policy Editor option bar.

Definition

Use the Libraries page to access the libraries of reusable objects in the current QoS database.


Table B-5: Libraries Page
Field Description Notes

Filters

Click to open the library of policy filters.

See Filter (New or Edit) for details about viewing and editing filters.

Provisioning Flow Rate Limits

Click to open the library of provisioning flow rate limits.

See PR Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit) for details about viewing and editing limits.

Provisioning Class Rate Limits

Click to open the library of provisioning class rate limits.

See PR Class Rate Limit (New or Edit) for details about viewing and editing limits.

Signaling Flow Rate Limits

Click to open the library of signaling flow rate limits.

See Signaling Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit) for details about viewing and editing limits.

Signaling Class Rate Limits

Click to open the library of signaling class rate limits.

See Signaling Class Rate Limit (New or Edit) for details about viewing and editing limits.

Filters

The Filters page opens when you click Filters in the Libraries page.

Definition

Use the Filters page to view details of filters in the Filters library.


Table B-6: Filters Page
Field Description Notes

Filters

Displays the filters in the current database

See Filter (New or Edit) for information about filter details.

Delete Selection

Click to delete the selected filter or filters.

New Filter

Click to define a new filter.

Filter (New or Edit)

The Filter page opens when you do one of the following:

Use the Filter page to create a new filter, or view and edit an existing filter.


Table B-7: Filter Page
Field Description Notes

Filter Name

The name of the policy filter.

Filter names can be up to 31 alphanumeric characters, including underscore (_), and hyphens (-). Do not use spaces.

Source

The source of the traffic you want to identify:

  • IP/Host Name---Select this to match a single source host. Enter an IP address or DNS name. Click DNS Resolution to resolve the IP address for the specified DNS name.

  • IP---Select this to match a source subnet. Enter an IP address, and a subnet mask.

  • User Group---If you have defined CNR settings, you can define a source user group, by choosing a tag from the list box. Click User Group List and User Group Info for more information about the defined user groups.

Leave the Source field blank if you want the filter to apply to all sources.

Destination

The destination of the traffic you want to identify:

  • IP/Host Name---Select this to match a single destination host. Enter an IP address or DNS name. Click DNS Resolution to resolve the IP address for the specified DNS name.

  • IP---Select this to match a destination subnet. Enter an IP address, and a mask.

  • User Group---If you have defined CNR settings, you can define a destination user group, by choosing a tag from the list box. Click User Group List and User Group Info for more information about the defined user groups.

Leave the Destination field blank if you want the filter to apply to all sources.

Protocol

The protocol of the traffic you want to identify. Choose from the dropdown list.

Choose Any if you want the filter to apply to all protocols.

Port

The source port, or destination port, or both ports of the traffic you want to identify. You can choose a single port or define a range of ports:

  • Application---Select this to match a single port. Choose an application port from the list.

  • Custom---Select this to match a range of ports, or a single port that does not appear in the Application list. Enter the first and last port in the range.

Choose Any in the Application field if you want the filter to apply to all ports.

DSCP

The DSCP values (coloring) of the packets you want to identify. Enter the first and last value in the range.

Leave the DSCP field blank if you want the filter to apply to all DSCP values.

This field is not applicable for signaling policies.

Application Parameters

Select the application from which the request originates.

Additional application-specific fields open according to the selected application. Enter the application sub-IDs.

Filling in this field limits the use of the filter to signaling policies only.

User ID

Not yet implemented.

Save button

Click this button to save the filter.

Cancel button

Click this button to discard unsaved changes.

DNS Resolution (Filter)

This page displays the DNS name for the specified IP addresses.

PR Flow Rate Limits

The PR Flow Rate Limits page opens when you click PR Flow Rate Limits in the Libraries page.

Definition

Use the PR Flow Rate Limits page to view details of limits in the PR Flow Rate Limits library.


Table B-8: PR Flow Rate Limits Page
Field Description Notes

PR Flow Rate Limits

Displays the PR flow rate limits in the current database

See PR Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit) for information about these rate limit details.

Delete Selection

Click to delete the selected rate limit or limits.

New Rate Limit

Click to define a new PR flow rate limit.

PR Class Rate Limits

The PR Class Rate Limits page opens when you click PR Class Rate Limits in the Libraries page.

Definition

Use the PR Class Rate Limits page to view details of limits in the PR Class Rate Limits library.


Table B-9: PR Class Rate Limits Page
Field Description Notes

PR Class Rate Limits

Displays the PR class rate limits in the current database

See PR Class Rate Limit (New or Edit) for information about these rate limit details.

Delete Selection

Click to delete the selected rate limit or limits.

New Rate Limit

Click to define a new PR class rate limit.

Signaling Flow Rate Limits

The Signaling Flow Rate Limits page opens when you click Signaling Flow Rate Limits in the Libraries page.

Definition

Use the Signaling Flow Rate Limits page to view details of limits in the Signaling Flow Rate Limits library.


Table B-10: Signaling Flow Rate Limits Page
Field Description Notes

Signaling Flow Rate Limits

Displays the signaling flow rate limits in the current database

See Signaling Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit) for information about these rate limit details.

Delete Selection

Click to delete the selected rate limit or limits.

New Rate Limit

Click to define a new signaling flow rate limit.

Signaling Class Rate Limits

The Signaling Class Rate Limits page opens when you click Signaling Class Rate Limits in the Libraries page.

Definition

Use the Signaling Class Rate Limits page to view details of limits in the Signaling Class Rate Limits library.


Table B-11: Signaling Class Rate Limits Page
Field Description Notes

Signaling Class Rate Limits

Displays the signaling class rate limits in the current database.

See Signaling Class Rate Limit (New or Edit) for information about these rate limit details.

Delete Selection

Click to delete the selected rate limit or limits.

New Rate Limit

Click to define a new signaling class rate limit.

PR Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit)

The PR Flow Rate Limit page opens when you do one of the following:

Definition

Use the PR Flow Rate Limit page to create a new limit, or view and edit existing PR flow rate limits.


Table B-12: PR Flow Rate Limit Page
Field Description Notes

Name

The rate limit name.

Rate Limit names can be up to 31 alphanumeric characters, including underscore (_), and hyphens (-). Do not use spaces.

Rate

The target average rate in Kbits/sec for the traffic that the policy covers. If a traffic flow is lower than or equal to this rate, the policy applies the selected service type and transmits the traffic. If a traffic flow is greater than this rate the traffic is handled according to the excess traffic setting for the selected service type.

The rate must be a multiple of 8.

Normal Burst

Optionally, the amount of KBytes allowed to the traffic flow to accommodate bursty traffic. This defines how large the burst can be before some traffic is marked as exceeding the rate limit.

Traffic marked as exceeding the rate limit is handled according to the Excess action defined in the service template for the corresponding service type. If no Excess action is defined, the packets are discarded.

Excess Burst

Optionally, the amount of KBytes allowed to the traffic flow to accommodate bursty traffic in excess of the normal burst size. This defines how large the burst can be before all traffic is marked as exceeding the rate limit.

You must specify an excess burst size if you specify a normal burst. The recommended excess burst size is greater than the normal burst, otherwise the traffic gets no added benefit.

Traffic marked as exceeding the rate limit is handled according to the Excess action defined in the service template for the corresponding service type. If no Excess action is defined, the packets are discarded.

Save button

Click this button to save the rate limit.

Cancel button

Click this button to discard unsaved changes.

PR Class Rate Limit (New or Edit)

The PR Class Rate Limit page opens when you do one of the following:

Definition

Use the PR Class Rate Limit page to create a new limit, or view and edit existing PR class rate limits.


Table B-13: PR Class Rate Limit Page
Field Description Notes

Name

The rate limit name.

Rate Limit names can be up to 31 alphanumeric characters, including underscore (_), and hyphens (-). Do not use spaces.

Rate

The target aggregate rate in Kbits/sec for the traffic that the policy covers. If the aggregate traffic is lower than or equal to this rate, the policy applies the selected service type and transmits the traffic. If the aggregate traffic is greater than this rate the traffic is handled according to the excess traffic setting for the selected service type.

The rate must be a multiple of 8.

Normal Burst

Optionally, the amount of KBytes allowed to the aggregate traffic to accommodate bursty traffic. This defines how large the total burst can be before some traffic is marked as exceeding the rate limit.

Traffic marked as exceeding the rate limit is handled according to the Excess action defined in the service template for the corresponding service type. If no Excess action is defined, the packets are discarded.

Excess Burst

Optionally, the amount of KB allowed to the aggregate traffic to accommodate bursty traffic in excess of the normal burst size. This defines how large the total burst can be before all traffic is marked as exceeding the rate limit.

You must specify an excess burst size if you specify a normal burst. The recommended excess burst size is greater than the normal burst, otherwise the traffic gets no added benefit.

Traffic marked as exceeding the rate limit is handled according to the Excess action defined in the service template for the corresponding service type. If no Excess action is defined, the packets are discarded.

Save button

Click this button to save the rate limit.

Cancel button

Click this button to discard unsaved changes.

Signaling Flow Rate Limit (New or Edit)

The Signaling Flow Rate Limit page opens when you do one of the following:

Definition

Use the Signaling Flow Rate Limit page to create a new limit, or view and edit existing Signaling flow rate limits.


Table B-14: Signaling Flow Rate Limit Page
Field Description Notes

Name

The rate limit name.

Rate Limit names can be up to 31 alphanumeric characters, including underscore (_), and hyphens (-). Do not use spaces.

Rate

The target average rate in Kbits/sec for signaling flows.

The rate must be a multiple of 8.

Peak Rate

Optionally, an additional rate of an signaling flow in Kbits/sec. These flows are accepted until the bucket size is reached.

Bucket Size

Optionally, the amount of KBytes allowed to be queued before any additional flow is marked as exceeding the rate limit.

You must specify a bucket size if you specify a peak rate.

Save button

Click this button to save the rate limit.

Cancel button

Click this button to discard unsaved changes.

Signaling Class Rate Limit (New or Edit)

The Signaling Class Rate Limit page opens when you do one of the following:

Definition

Use the Signaling Class Rate Limit page to create a new limit, or view and edit existing Signaling class rate limits.


Table B-15: Signaling Class Rate Limit Page
Field Description Notes

Name

The rate limit name.

Rate Limit names can be up to 31 alphanumeric characters, including underscore (_), and hyphens (-). Do not use spaces.

Rate

The target aggregate rate in Kbits/sec for signaling flows.

The rate must be a multiple of 8.

Number of Flows (optional)

Optionally, the maximum number of signaling flows in Kbytes before any additional signaling flow is marked as exceeding the limit.

Save button

Click this button to save the rate limit.

Cancel button

Click this button to discard unsaved changes.

Policy Query

The Policy Query page opens when you click Policy Query in the Policy Editor option bar.

Definition

Use the Policy Query page to view policies for specific categories across roles.


Table B-16: Policy Query Page
Field Description Notes

Find policies matching

The type of match you want to find:

  • All---Policies that match all of the selected criteria (AND operator).

  • Any---Policies that match any of the selected criteria (OR operator).

Status

The status of the policies---Any, Enabled, or Disabled.

Type

The type of policies---Any, RSVP, Provisioning.

Role

The role or roles to which the policies belong.

Use the Control or Shift key to choose multiple values.

If you do not select any values, policies matching any of the values will be found.

Filter

The filters for which the policies apply.

Use the Control or Shift key to choose multiple values.

If you do not select any values, policies matching any of the values will be found.

Service

The service types specified for the policies.

Use the Control or Shift key to choose multiple values.

If you do not select any values, policies matching any of the values will be found.

PR Rate Limits

The PR class and flow rate limits specified for the policies.

Use the Control or Shift key to choose multiple values.

If you do not select any values, policies matching any of the values will be found.

Signaling Rate Limits

The Signaling class and flow rate limits specified for the policies.

Use the Control or Shift key to choose multiple values.

If you do not select any values, policies matching any of the values will be found.

Submit Query button

Click this button to submit the query.

Reset button

Click this button to reset all criteria.

Policy Query Result

The Policy Query Result page appears after you submit a query.

This page displays the query conditions, and all the policies that match the submitted policy query.


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