and the policy, it is necessary to open each device group and associate the configured network and the
defined roles by editing the assigned configuration Profile.
ExtremeCloud Appliance simplifies this procedure. After saving a network configuration or policy
definition, ExtremeCloud Appliance prompts you to select the configuration Profile for association.
Note
The association that you define applies to all device groups that use the selected
configuration Profile.
If necessary, you can modify a configuration Profile from the device group. The Associated Profiles
dialog simply makes the profile association process easier.
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Policy Rules for OSI L2 to L4
You can define policy rules for a role to specify network access settings for a specific user role. Network
policies are a set of rules, defined in a specific order, that determine how connections are authorized or
denied. If you do not define policy rules for a role, the role's default action is applied to all traffic subject
to that role. However, if you require user-specific filter definitions, then the filter ID configuration
identifies the specific role that is applied to the user.
A role can have no rules if the default action is sufficient. Rules are used only to provide different
treatments for different packet types to which a single role is applied.
Specify the OSI layer to which the rule pertains. The rule defines one or more actions to take on a
packet matching criteria specified by the rule. The criteria could be the MAC address (L2) or the IP
address or port number (L3 and L4).
The default action for all rules is
Contain to VLAN
, indicating that the rule applies to all traffic
associated with the VLAN defined at the Role. This can be the Network default VLAN or a unique VLAN
ID specified at the Role. The ability to specify the VLAN ID at the Role makes configuring network policy
easier.
If the traffic is allowed, it can also be assigned a Class of Service (CoS) that can affect the priority and
latency of that traffic. Only the rules in the policy assigned to a client are applied to a client's traffic.
Note
Rules in the Application Layer (L7) apply to application access and use different matching
criteria.
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Configuring L2 Rules
Configure policy rules that are associated with a role from the Role Configuration page. To configure an
OSI Layer 2 rule, which filters on MAC Address:
Configure
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