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Chapter 12 Configuring Traffic Policies
Configuring Rules and Actions for Policy Maps
Related Topics
• Configuring Traffic Policies, page 12-1
• Configuring Virtual Context Class Maps, page 12-8
• Configuring Virtual Context Policy Maps, page 12-34
• Configuring Rules and Actions for Policy Maps, page 12-36
Setting Policy Map Rules and Actions for Layer 3/Layer 4 Management
Traffic
Use this procedure to configure the rules and actions for IP management traffic received by the ACE
appliance.
Assumptions
• A network management policy map has been configured.
• A class map has been defined for a class map rule if you do not want to use the class-default or
class-default-v6 class map.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Config > Virtual Contexts > context > Expert > Policy Maps. The Policy Maps table appears.
Step 2 In the Policy Maps table, select the Layer 3/Layer 4 management traffic policy map you want to set rules
and actions for, and then select the Rule tab. The Rule table appears.
Step 3 In the Rule table, click Add to add a new rule, or select the rule you want to modify, and then click Edit.
The Rule screen appears.
Step 4 In the Type field, confirm that Class Map is selected.
Step 5 In the Use Class Map field:
• For an IPv4 default class map, select the class-default radio button.
• For an IPv6 default class map, select the class-default-v6 radio button.
• For a previously created class map, go to the next step.
Step 6 To use a previously created class map for this rule:
a. In the Use Class Map field, select the others radio button.
b. In the Class Map Name field, select the class map to be used.
c. In the Insert Before field, indicate whether this rule is to precede another rule in this policy map.
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N/A—Indicates that this option is not configured.
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False—Indicates that this rule is not to precede another rule in this policy map.
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True—Indicates that this rule is to precede another rule in this policy map.
d. If you select True, the Insert Before Policy Rule field appears. Select the rule that you want the
current rule to precede.
Step 7 Do the following:
• Click Deploy Now to deploy this configuration on the ACE appliance. The Action table appears
below the Rule table. To define actions for this rule, continue with Step 8.