
Viewing Policies and Rules
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Another feature of this panel is a dropdown menu that is displayed when you right-click any rule in the
list. The menu displays functions that are used primarily to edit and modify policies and rules. For
details about this menu, refer to the chapter,
“Modifying Policies and Rules” on page 43
.
Rule Properties Panel
The Rule Properties Panel is made up of three boxes under two tabs. The three boxes display different
elements of the selected rule.
Rule Parameters Tab.
Clicking the
Rule Parameters
tab displays the following information:
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When an ACL is selected from either the Tree Structure or the Rule Editing and Viewing Panel, the
rule parameters displayed are:
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When a CF is selected, the rule parameters displayed are:
Icons are connected to each of the three boxes and are used to edit the parameters. They are:
Rule Information Tab.
Clicking the
Rule
Information
tab displays the following information:
Match Conditions
The match conditions contained in the rule—the “if” statement. A list
of available match conditions is included in Appendix A
on page 69
.
Actions
The action taken when the packet matches the match conditions—the
“then” “permit or deny” statement. If the packet matches all the
match conditions and if there is no action specified in the “then”
statement, “permit” is used by default.
Action Modifiers
Additional modifiers to the actions, such as “count”, cvid, link-
aggregation-hash, traffic queue, or redirect.
Match Conditions
The conditions that will trigger the rule and how often to evaluate the
rule.
Actions (True Condition)
The list of actions to take when the rule is triggered—the “then”
clause.
Actions (False Condition)
The list of actions to take after the rule is triggered and when the
match conditions later become false—the else clause.
Delete Selection
Edit Arguments of selected
Add
General
A summary of the basic information about the rule including: Name; Type; Policy
Version; Action information, and so forth.
Access
Details showing when and by whom the rule was created and, if applicable,
modified. In the Supervisor edition, the “by whom” is always the supervisor.
Notes
A read/write text box into which notes such as the purpose of the rule can be
added. To add notes, click inside the text box and begin typing. The
Apply Notes
button is enabled. Click the button when the entry in complete. To delete notes,
highlight the text to be removed then strike the keyboard’s
Delete
or
Backspace
key. The
Apply Notes
button is enabled. Click the button.