User guide

Viewing Policies and Rules
Extreme Networks Policy Manager (EPM) 1.2 User Guide
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In the Rule Editing and Viewing Panel and the Rule Navigator window, another menu is displayed
when you right-click any rule in the list. For details about the functions of this menu, refer to the
chapter, “Modifying Policies and Rules” on page 43.
Reorder rules by initial
position
Places rules in their original position regardless of rank. Refer to “Organizing
Rules” on page 49.
Rules Begins the process to create a new rule.
New Rule Opens the Rule Wizard to create a new rule. Refer to “Creating a New Rule
for a Policy” on page 37.
Tools
Global Variables... Opens a dialog box in which global variables can be set. Refer to “Managing
Global and Policy Variables” on page 48.
Policy Variables... Opens a dialog box in which policy variables can be set. Refer to “Managing
Global and Policy Variables” on page 48.
Synonyms... Displays a list of synonyms. Refer to “Synonyms used for Rule Constants” on
page 65.
System Counters... Displays a list of predefined CLEAR-Flow system counters. Refer to
“Predefined CLEAR-Flow System Counters” on page 63.
Properties Refer to “Configuring the EPM for use on a Switch” on page 18 for the
following properties.
Set local IP address Opens a box to choose from available IP addresses or enter a new address.
Set NAT IP address Opens a box to set the public side address of your NAT (Network Address
Translation), if appropriate.
Set files search directory Sets the default directory for finding policy files when a policy is opened
locally. The Open > File function will set itself to this location.
Set file staging directory Sets the location of the tftp server’s root directory. Files are 'staged' or
copied to and from the root directory when a policy is opened and saved on a
remote switch. Refer to “Configuring the EPM for use on a Switch” on
page 18.
Message Capture Captures data to be used to diagnose problems.
Tracing Turns tracing log on and off.
Debug Turns debug log on and off. When on, a message is written to a debug text
file and is not displayed in an EPM window.
Set Capture Size Sets the maximum number of lines of data to be captured. The allowed range
is between 1 and 100,000.
Policy Parsing
Ignore Unknown
Keywords
Turns Ignore Unknown Keywords on and off. When on (the default), a policy
with terms that the EPM does not understand, is loaded but with
qualifications. When off, a policy that the EPM does not understand is not
loaded. Refer to “Policy Parsing” on page 32.
Sentriant Actions
Reset XML to factory When the Sentriant XML code has been rewritten, replaces it with the
original factory code.
Write XML Allows you to write specialized code to replace or supplement factory code.
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Table 5: EPM Standard Menus (Continued)
Menu Components Description