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36-1
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
36
Configuring a Service Policy
Service policies provide a consistent and flexible way to configure ASA features. For example, you can
use a service policy to create a timeout configuration that is specific to a particular TCP application, as
opposed to one that applies to all TCP applications. A service policy consists of multiple service policy
rules applied to an interface or applied globally.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Information About Service Policies, page 36-1
• Licensing Requirements for Service Policies, page 36-5
• Guidelines and Limitations, page 36-6
• Default Settings, page 36-6
• Task Flows for Configuring Service Policies, page 36-8
• Adding a Service Policy Rule for Through Traffic, page 36-8
• Adding a Service Policy Rule for Management Traffic, page 36-12
• Managing the Order of Service Policy Rules, page 36-14
• Feature History for Service Policies, page 36-16
Information About Service Policies
This section describes how service policies work and includes the following topics:
• Supported Features for Through Traffic, page 36-1
• Supported Features for Management Traffic, page 36-2
• Feature Directionality, page 36-2
• Feature Matching Within a Service Policy, page 36-3
• Order in Which Multiple Feature Actions are Applied, page 36-4
• Incompatibility of Certain Feature Actions, page 36-5
• Feature Matching for Multiple Service Policies, page 36-5
Supported Features for Through Traffic
Table 36-1 lists the features supported by service policy rules.