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Chapter 22 Policy Rule

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22.3 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.

Parameters

Set the fields below for this policy. You only have to set the field(s) that is related to the action(s) you

configure in the Action field.

General

Egress Port Type the number of an outgoing port.

Priority Specify a priority level.

DSCP Specify a DSCP (DiffServ Code Point) number between 0 and 63.

TOS Specify the type of service (TOS) priority level.

Rate Limit You can configure the desired bandwidth available to a traffic flow.

Bandwidth Specify the bandwidth in kilobit per second (Kbps). Enter a number between 1 and 1000000.

Action

Specify the action(s) the Switch takes on the associated classified traffic flow.

Forwarding Select No change to forward the packets.

Select Discard the packet to drop the packets.

Select Do not drop the matching frame previously marked for dropping to retain the

frames that were marked to be dropped before.

Priority Select No change to keep the priority setting of the frames.

Select Set the packet’s 802.1p priority and send the packet to priority queue to

replace the packet’s 802.1p priority field with the value you set in the Priority field. Then put

the packets in the designated queue.

Select Replace the 802.1p priority field with the IP TOS value and send the packet

to priority queue to replace the packet’s 802.1p priority field with the value you set in the

TOS field. Then put the packets in the designated queue.

Diffserv Select No change to keep the TOS and/or DSCP fields in the packets.

Select Set the packet’s TOS field to set the TOS field with the value you configure in the

TOS field.

Select Set the Diffserv Codepoint field in the frame to set the DSCP field with the value

you configure in the DSCP field.

Outgoing Select Send the packet to the egress port to send the packet to the egress port.

Rate Limit Select Enable to activate bandwidth limitation on the traffic flow(s).

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 63 Advanced Application > Policy Rule (continued)

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