Chapter 20 Classifier

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Advanced Application > Classifier (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Socket

Note: You must select either UDP or TCP in the IP Protocol field before

Number

you configure the socket numbers.

 

 

Select Any to apply the rule to all TCP/UDP protocol port numbers or select

 

the second option and enter a TCP/UDP protocol port number. Refer to Table

 

56 on page 216 for more information.

 

 

Destination

 

 

IP

Enter a destination IP address in dotted decimal notation.

Address/

Specify the address prefix by entering the number of ones in the subnet mask.

Address

Prefix

 

 

 

Socket

Note: You must select either UDP or TCP in the IP Protocol field before

Number

you configure the socket numbers.

 

 

Select Any to apply the rule to all TCP/UDP protocol port numbers or select

 

the second option and enter a TCP/UDP protocol port number. Refer to Table

 

56 on page 216 for more information.

 

 

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 reset the fields back to your previous configuration.

 

 

Clear

Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.

 

 

20.3Viewing and Editing Classifier Configuration

To view a summary of the classifier configuration, scroll down to the summary table at the bottom of the Classifier screen. To change the settings of a rule, click a number in the Index field.

Note: When two rules conflict with each other, a higher layer rule has priority over lower layer rule.

Figure 101 Advanced Application > Classifier: Summary Table

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