Feature History for Service Policies

Chapter 1 Configuring a Service Policy

Table 1-3lists the release history for this feature.

Table 1-3	Feature History for Service Policies

Feature Name		Releases	Feature Information

Modular Policy Framework		7.0(1)	Modular Policy Framework was introduced.

Management class map for use with RADIUS		7.2(1)	The management class map was introduced for use with
accounting traffic			RADIUS accounting traffic. The following commands were
			introduced: class-map type management, and inspect
			radius-accounting.

Inspection policy maps		7.2(1)	The inspection policy map was introduced. The following
			command was introduced: class-map type inspect.

Regular expressions and policy maps		7.2(1)	Regular expressions and policy maps were introduced to be
			used under inspection policy maps. The following
			commands were introduced: class-map type regex, regex,
			match regex.

Match any for inspection policy maps		8.0(2)	The match any keyword was introduced for use with
			inspection policy maps: traffic can match one or more
			criteria to match the class map. Formerly, only match all
			was available.

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Cisco Systems ASA 5545-X Feature History for Service Policies, Radius-accounting, Match regex

Models: ASA Services Module ASA 5555-X ASA 5545-X ASA 5585-X ASA 5580 ASA 5505

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

introduced: class-map type management, and inspect

radius-accounting.

match regex.

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