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Configuring a Service Policy Using the Modular Policy Framework
Service policies using Modular Policy Framework provide a consistent and flexible way to configure
ASA features. For example, you can use a service policy to create a timeout configuration that is specific
to a particular TCP application, as opposed to one that applies to all TCP applications. A service policy
consists of multiple actionsapplied to an interface or applied globally.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Information About Service Policies, page32-1
Licensing Requirements for Service Policies, page 32-6
Guidelines and Limitations, page32-6
Default Settings, page32-7
Task Flows for Configuring Service Policies, page32-9
Identifying Traffic (Layer 3/4 Class Maps), page32-12
Defining Actions (Layer 3/4 Policy Map), page32-15
Applying Actions to an Interface (Service Policy), page32-17
Monitoring Modular Policy Framework, page32-18
Configuration Examples for Modular Policy Framework, page32-18
Feature History for Service Policies, page32-21

Information About Service Policies

This section describes how service policies work and includes the following topics:
Supported Features for Through Traffic, page32-2
Supported Features for Management Traffic, page32-2
Feature Directionality, page32-2
Feature Matching Within a Service Policy, page32-3
��Order in Which Multiple Feature Actions are Applied, page32-4
Incompatibility of Certain Feature Actions, page32-5
Feature Matching for Multiple Service Policies, page32-6