Add to Policy List

The PolicyView Add to Policy List Screen is used to create a policy from Resource or Resource Group and assign the policy to a Policy List.

Creating a Resource Policy

Click the checkbox next to the Resource or Resource Group Field and select an existing Resource or Resource Group from the drop-down menu (You can also click the Add icon to go to the Resource or Resource Group screen and create a new Resource/Resource Group, before returning to this screen to select it.) Configure the remaining fields as described below, then click the Create button.

• Precedence - Set the Precedence for the Policy. A higher number indicates higher precedence. (Range = 0 - 65535)
• Action - Set the action to be taken for the traffic if the conditions match the policy:
  • Accept - Accept the traffic.
  • Drop - Drop the traffic
  • Platinum - Apply Platinum Precedence to the traffic.
  • Gold - Apply Gold Precedence to the traffic.
  • Silver - Apply Silver Precedence to the traffic.
  • Bronze - Apply Bronze Precedence to the traffic.
• Policy List - Select an existing Policy List from the drop-down menu to associate with the Policy. You can also click the Add icon to go to the Policy List screen and create a new Policy List, before returning to this screen to select it.

After creating the Resource Policy, click on the Notify All button to add the Resource/Resource Group to the Policy List and notify the 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.

Important Note: Clicking the Notify All button 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. Any switch to which the Policy List has already been assigned will also re-cache its policy tables.