Chapter 19 Policy Rule

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 47 Policy

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this option to enable the policy.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes.

 

 

Classifier(s)

This field displays the active classifier(s) you configure in the Classifier screen (refer

 

to Chapter 18 on page 133).

 

Select the classifier(s) to which this policy rule applies. To select more than one

 

classifier, press [SHIFT] and select the choices at the same time.

 

 

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

 

 

 

VLAN ID

Specify a VLAN ID number.

 

 

Egress

Type the number of an outgoing port.

Port

 

 

 

Outgoing

Select Tag to add the specified VID to packets on the specified outgoing port.

packet

Otherwise, select Untag.

format for

 

Egress

 

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.

 

 

Metering

You can configure the desired bandwidth available to a traffic flow. Traffic that

 

exceeds the maximum bandwidth allocated (in cases where the network is congested)

 

is called out-of-profile traffic.

 

 

Bandwidth

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

 

1000000.

 

 

Out of

Specify a new DSCP number (between 0 and 63) if you want to replace or remark the

Profile

DSCP number for out-of-profile traffic.

DSCP

 

Action

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

Forwarding

Select No change to forward the packets.

 

Select Discard 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 802.1 priority to replace the 802.1 priority field with the value

 

you set in the Priority field.

 

Select Send the packet to priority queue to put the packets in the designated

 

queue.

 

Select Replace the 802.1 priority field with IP TOS value to replace the 802.1

 

priority field with the value you set in the TOS field.

 

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