One Touch Voice MAC Policies

The PolicyView One Touch Voice MAC Policies Screen displays all of the One Touch Voice MAC Policies that have been configured and the status of the policy on the LDAP Server:

The screen is used to create, edit, or delete One Touch Voice MAC Policies for all voice traffic flowing to, and originating from, a specific vendor by entering a range of MAC Addresses for the vendor.

Creating a One Touch Voice MAC Policy

Click on the Create icon. Enter a Vendor Name and MAC Prefix and click Create. The policy will appear in the One Touch Voice MACs List with the Status "Unsaved". If necessary, click on the Create icon to create additional policies. When you are finished, click on the Save icon, to save the Policy(ies) to the LDAP Server. Next, click on the Notify All button to apply the policy to all of the switches in the network. Note that when you create a One Touch Voice MAC Policy, two policies are created for each MAC Address entered - one for traffic originating from the MAC Address, and one for traffic flowing to the MAC Address.

Important Note: Clicking Notify All causes all QoS-enabled switches to flush their policy tables and reload policies from the LDAP Server, which is very expensive in terms of switch resources and time. If any One Touch Voice MAC Policy has already been defined, the switch(es) to which the policy is assigned will also re-cache its policy tables. It is recommended that you verify all policies that you have created and apply them at the same time to minimize switch downtime.

Applying a One Touch Voice MAC Policy

When you click the Notify All button, the policy(ies) is applied to all switches in the network. To view the status of the re-cache operation, click on the Status button to view the Devices Pending Notification Table. In addition, you can view the success or failure of the re-cache operation for each switch in the policy.log file of the Audit application, including an indication of any error that may have occurred. Any errors that occur will also be reported in the server.txt file, in the Audit application. Note that the re-cache operation for each switch occurs in a separate thread and may take some time.

Editing a One Touch Voice MAC Policy

Select a Policy from the One Touch Voice MACs List and click the Edit icon. Edit the MAC Prefix, click Update, then click on the Save icon , to save the update to the LDAP Server. If necessary, repeat to edit additional entries in the list. You cannot edit the Vendor Name. You can only delete it and create a new one. When you are finished, click on the Notify All button to apply the policy to all of the switches in the network.

Important Note: Clicking Notify All causes all QoS-enabled switches to flush their policy tables and reload policies from the LDAP Server, which is very expensive in terms of switch resources and time. If any One Touch Voice MAC Policy has already been defined, the switch(es) to which the policy is assigned will also re-cache its policy tables. It is recommended that you verify all policies that you have created and apply them at the same time to minimize switch downtime.

Deleting a One Touch Voice MAC Policy

To delete a policy(ies), select the Policy in the list, click on the Delete icon, then click OK at the confirmation prompt. When you click the OK button, all One Touch Voice MAC Policies you deleted are removed from the LDAP Server (both Layer 2 and Layer 3 Policies). When you are finished, click on the Notify All button to apply the deletion to all of the switches in the network.

Important Note: Clicking Notify All causes all QoS-enabled switches to flush their policy tables and reload policies from the LDAP Server, which is very expensive in terms of switch resources and time. If any One Touch Voice MAC Policy has already been defined, the switch(es) to which the policy is assigned will also re-cache its policy tables. It is recommended that you verify all policies that you have created and apply them at the same time to minimize switch downtime.