Nortel Networks NN47200-503 manual Route Policy configuration, Policy dialog Route Policy tab

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Route Policy configuration

The Route Policy tab is used to configure route policies on the switch. Route policies are created and then applied to switch in either an accept (in), announce (out), or redistribution capacity.

To configure route policies on the switch, perform the following procedure:

Step Action

1Select IP Routing > Policy from the Device Manager menu. The Policy dialog will open with the Prefix List tab selected. Select the Route Policy tab. This tab is illustrated below.

Policy dialog - Route Policy tab

2Using the fields provided, configure the route policy. These fields are described in the following tab.

Route Policy tab fields

Field	Description
Id	The index value used to uniquely identify a group
	of policies.
SequenceNumber	The secondary index value assigned to individual
	policies inside a larger policy group.
Name	The name associated with this policy.
Enable	Indicates whether the policy is enabled. Disabled
	policies should not be used for routing.
Mode	Specifies the action to be taken when this policy
	is selected for a specific route. A value of permit
	indicates that the route will be used while deny
	indicates that the route will be ignored.
MatchProtocol	Select the appropriate protocol (RIP, Static,
	Direct, OSPF or Any). If configured, matches the
	protocol through which the route is learned. This
	field is used only for RIP announce purposes.
MatchNetwork	If configured, the switch matches the destination
	network against the contents of the specified
	prefix list.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Configuration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.127 August 2007

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