Policies

Screen Elements

• Top bar—On the left are the menu icon, for expanding and collapsing the vManage menu, and the vManage product name. On the right are a number of icons and the user profile drop-down.
• Title bar—Includes the title of the screen, Policies, and the following:
  • Custom Options—Click to display, create, and edit a components for use in policy. For centralized policy, the components are CLI policies, lists, topologies, and traffic policies. For localized policy, the components are CLI policies, lists, forwarding class/QoS definitions, access control lists (ACLs), and route policies.
• Centralized Policy tab—Create a centralized policy. When you first open the Policies screen, the Centralized Policy tab is selected.
  • Add Policy—Click to create a centralized policy using a policy configuration wizard.
• Localized Policy tab—Create a localized policy.
  • Add Policy—Click to create a localized policy using a policy configuration wizard.
• Search box—Includes the Search Options drop-down, for a Contains or Match string.
• Refresh icon—Click to refresh data in the policies table with the most current data.
• Show Table Columns icon—Click to display or hide columns from the policies table. By default, all columns are displayed.
• Policies table—To re-arrange the columns, drag the column title to the desired position.

Configure Policies

• Configure Centralized Policy
• Configure Localized Policy

View a Policy

1. In the Centralized Policy or Localized Policy tab, select a policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click View. Policies created with the UI policy builder are displayed in graphical format. Policies created using the CLI are displayed in text format.
3. Click Cancel to return to the policies table.

For a policy created using the vManage policy configuration wizard, you can view the policy in text format:

1. In the Centralized Policy or Localized Policy tab, select a policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click Preview.
3. Click Cancel to return to the policies table.

Copy a Policy

1. In the Centralized Policy or Localized Policy tab, select a policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click Copy.
3. In the Policy Copy popup window, enter the policy name and a description of the policy.
4. Click Copy.

Edit a Policy

For policies created using the vManage policy configuration wizard:

1. In the Centralized Policy or Localized Policy tab, select a policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click Edit.
3. Edit the policy as needed.
4. Click Save Policy Changes.

For polices created using the CLI:

1. In the Custom Options drop-down, click CLI Policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click Edit.
3. Edit the policy as needed.
4. Click Update.

Edit or Create a Policy Component

You can create individual policy components directly and then use them or import them when you are using the policy configuration wizard:

1. In the Title bar, click the Custom Options drop-down.
2. For centralized policy, select the policy component:

• CLI policy—Create the policy using the command-line interface rather than the policy configuration wizard.
• Lists—Create groups of interest to import in the Group of Interest screen in the policy configuration wizard.
• Topology—Create a hub-and-spoke, mesh, or custom topology or a VPN membership to import in the Topology screen in the policy configuration wizard.
• Traffic Policy—Create an application-aware routing, traffic data, or cflowd policy to import in the Traffic Rules screen in the policy configuration wizard.

3. For localized policy, select the policy component:

• CLI policy—Create the policy using the command-line interface rather than the policy configuration wizard.
• Lists—Create groups of interest to import in the Group of Interest screen in the policy configuration wizard.
• Forwarding Class/QoS—Create QoS mappings and rewrite rules to import in the Forwarding Classes/QoS screen in the policy configuration wizard.
• Access Control Lists—Create ACLs of interest to import in the Configure Access Lists screen in the policy configuration wizard.
• Route Policy—Create route policies to import in the Configure Route Policies screen in the policy configuration wizard.

Delete a Policy

1. In the Centralized Policy or Localized Policy tab, select a policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click Delete.
3. Click OK to confirm deletion of the policy.

Activate a Centralized Policy on vSmart Controllers

1. In the Centralized Policy tab, select a policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click Activate.
3. In the Activate Policy popup, click Activate to push the policy to all reachable vSmart controllers in the network.
4. Click OK to confirm activation of the policy on all vSmart controllers.

Deactivate a Centralized Policy on vSmart Controllers

1. In the Centralized Policy tab, select a policy.
2. Click the More Actions icon to the right of the column and click Deactivate.
3. In the Deactivate Policy popup, click Deactivate to confirm that you want to remove the policy from all reachable vSmart controllers.

Additional Information

Application-Aware Routing
Centralized Control Policy
Centralized Data Policy
Configure Policies
Localized Control Policy
Localized Data Policy