Dimension GS-3012 Gigabit Ethernet Switch 
20-4  Policy Rule 
Table 20-1 Policy 
LABEL DESCRIPTION 
Outgoing Select Send the packet to the mirror port to sent the packet to the mirror port.  
Select Send the packet to the egress port to send the packet to the egress port.  
Select Send the matching frames (broadcast or DLF, multicast, marked for dropping or to be 
sent to the CPU) to the egress port to send the broadcast, multicast, DLF, marked-to-drop or 
CPU frames to the egress port.  
Select Set the packet’s VLANID to set the VLAN ID of the packet with the value you configure in 
the VLANID field.  
Metering Select Enable to activate bandwidth limitation on the traffic flow(s) then set the actions to be taken 
on out-of-profile packets.  
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 Do not drop the matching frame previously marked for dropping to queue the frames 
that are marked to be dropped.  
Add Click Add to inset the entry to the summary table below. 
Cancel   Click Cancel to reset the fields back to your previous configuration. 
Clear   Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.   
20.3 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 20-2 Policy: Summary Table 
The following table describes the labels in this screen.  
Table 20-2 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 descriptive name for this policy. This is for identification purposes only. 
Classifier(s)  This field displays the name(s) of the classifier to which this policy applies.