Creating Policies and Rules
Extreme Networks Policy Manager (EPM) 1.2 User Guide
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Select an existing policy name from the dropdown menu. The name is then displayed in the text
field. Use this when replacing an existing policy with an updated one. The EPM displays a
warning when it is overriding an existing policy.
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To save the name you have chosen to display in the
Name
text field, click
OK
.
NOTE
The “Launch activity manager after save” box above refers to the Policy Activity Manager dialog box which is
described
on page 50
.
When the policy is being saved on a switch that supports CLEAR-Flow, a
Validation
Notice
confirming the save is displayed.
When the policy is being saved on a switch that does not support CLEAR-Flow (see
“Switch
Requirements” on page 11
), a
CLEAR-Flow
Support Notice
is displayed as shown below. Click
Yes
to continue the save process. CLEAR-Flow rules are displayed in the rule viewing panels but are not
supported on the switch.
The saved policy name is displayed in the Tree Structure Panel followed by the IP address of the switch.
NOTE
A policy name must be an alpha-numeric string between 1 and 32 characters in length ending in ‘.pol.’
Validating and Checking a Policy
When a policy is created or when new rules have been added, the policy should be validated.
To validate a policy, use the following procedure.
1
From the Menu choose
Policy
>
Validate &
Check
or click the
icon. An
Operation
Progress
box
is displayed, followed by either a
Validation
Notice
if the policy has passed validation or a
Policy
Validation
Exception
if it has not. When you are working on a switch, this function indicates that it
validates the policy and checks it on the switch.
2
When the
Policy
Validation
Exception
box is shown, click
Show
Details
. An
Exception
Detail
box
opens explaining why the policy did not pass validation. Possible reasons include:
■
The Policy contains no rules.
■
Parse Exception ( Last Rule Line = 1, Last Rule = n/a, Last Metadata Line = 0 ) : Unable to
parse policy because policy selection is invalid.
■
Any of the errors you would encounter running the check policy command line directly on
the switch.