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3.4.4 Policies overview
Policies define what actions to perform on specific targeted traffic. The policies can specify whether:
to optimize the traffic by bandwidth shaping, acceleration, or marking the packets.
to block the traffic by discarding the packets.
to monitor the traffic by ignoring the packets.
or to redirect the traffic to a specific URL.
The policy managed traffic can then be filtered by:
Application or application group
Hosts or subnets
Hosts or subnets that are communicating with other specific hosts or subnets
VLAN
ToS/DSCP markings
Time of day
You can apply any combination of these filters. For example, the policy could be targeted to traffic between a particular
branch and headquarters, which has particular ToS markings on a particular VLAN during work hours.
Furthermore, you can also add more than one filter. That is, the policy could target a particular branch site for Netflix and
the same branch site for Silverlight.
When creating policies, they are added to the policy library. If any changes are made to a policy definition they will affect
all other virtual circuits that use that policy.
Screenshot 132: Adding a new VC policy.
Policies are part of the policy tree. To learn how circuits, virtual circuits, and policies work together, see Policy Tree .
Related Topics
Creating a policy for a specific Virtual Circuit
Creating a policy for use with any Virtual Circuit