Foundry Switch and Router Installation and Configuration Guide
C - 2 December 2000
Scope
Some policies and filters are configured and apply globally, while others are configured globally but apply to
individual ports. The following table lists the scope for each type of policy and filter.
Table C.1: Scopes of Policies and Filters
Policy or Filter Type Scope
QoS policy Configured and applied to one of the following:
• Ports
• VLANs
• Static MAC entries
• Layer 4 sessions
• AppleTalk sockets
Cache server redirection policy (applies only to
ServerIron’s Transparent Cache Switching)
Configured and applied globally or locally:
• If configured globally, it is automatically applied to
all ports
• If configured locally, you must explicitly apply it to
each port
Access policy (see forwarding filters) See Forwarding filters
Forwarding filters
• MAC forwarding filters
• IP forwarding filters (same as IP access policy)
• IPX forwarding filters
• TCP/UDP forwarding filters
Configured globally, then applied locally to a port’s
inbound or outbound policy or filter group. You can use
the same policy or filter in a port’s inbound policy or filter
group and outbound policy or filter group. You also can
use the same policy or filter on multiple ports.
Address-lock filter Configured and applied on individual ports.
Route filters
• RIP route filters
• IPX RIP route filters
• IPX SAP service filters
Configured globally and applied to individual ports
RIP neighbor filters Configured and applied globally
AppleTalk zone and network filters Configured and applied on individual ports.
BGP4 filters
• BGP4 address
• BGP4 AS-path
• BGP4 community
Configured and applied globally and in route maps