ZyXEL Communications GS3700 Series - Policy Example

Chapter 20 Policy Rule
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20.3 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 Exam ple classifier (refer to
Section 19.5 on page 208).
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 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 m arked for dropping to queue
the frames that are marked to be dropped.
Add Click this to create a new entry or to update an existing one.
This saves 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.
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.
Select an entry’s check box to select a specific entry. Otherwise, select the check box in the
table heading row to select all entries.
Delete Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.
Cancel Click Cancel to clear the check boxes.
Table 91 Advanced Application > Policy Rule (continued)
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