ZyXEL Communications XGS-4728F Switch User Manual


 
Chapter 19 Policy Rule
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19.3 Viewing and Editing Policy Configuration
To view a summary of the classifier configuration, scroll down to the summary table at the
bottom of the Policy screen. To change the settings of a rule, click a number in the Index field.
Figure 76 Advanced Application > Policy Rule: Summary Table
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
19.4 Policy Example
The figure below shows an example Policy screen where you configure a policy to limit
bandwidth and discard out-of-profile traffic on a traffic flow classified using the Example
classifier (refer to Section 18.4 on page 155).
Out-of-profile
action
Select the action(s) to be performed for out-of-profile traffic.
Select Drop the packet to discard the out-of-profile traffic.
Select Change the DSCP value to replace the DSCP field with the value specified in
the Out of profile DSCP field.
Select Set Out-Drop Precedence to mark out-of-profile traffic and drop it when
network is congested.
Select Do not drop the matching frame previously marked for dropping to
queue the frames that are marked to be dropped.
Add Click Add to insert the entry in the summary table below and save your changes to
the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or
loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes
to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Clear Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.
Table 48 Advanced Application > Policy Rule (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 49 Policy: Summary Table
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Index This field displays the policy index number. Click an index number to edit the policy.
Active This field displays Yes when policy is activated and No when is it deactivated.
Name This field displays the name you have assigned to this policy.
Classifier(s) This field displays the name(s) of the classifier to which this policy applies.
Delete Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.
Cancel Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.