Creating policy sets in the EMC
Policy sets are an ordered list of policies that can be applied to one or more virtual circuits in one or more appliance groups.
Policy sets can be created in the Policy Set Library directly and then later assigned to an Optimizer Policy Tree, or they can be created in an Optimizer Policy Tree. When saved in an Optimizer Policy Tree, they are also saved to the Configuration Library for use elsewhere. The policy sets within a tenant must have unique names. When a policy set is modified, all uses of it are modified.
There are a few default policy sets that you can use or modify. They correspond to the defined configuration when the wizard is run on the appliance. The different policy sets are due to varying answers to the wizard questions.
To learn how Circuits, Virtual Circuits, Policy Sets, and Policy Rules work together, see Policy Tree.
Where do I find policy sets?
Policy set librarythe Exinda repository for network objects and their definitions items can be found in Library > Policy Sets. Also, the policy sets linked to appliances can also found in the policy trees for each appliance group. Go to the desired appliance group in the Optimizer Policy Tree.
To create a policy set in the Library
- Go to Library > Policy Sets.
- Click Create new policy set
- In the Name section, key-in a name for the policy. The name must be unique within the tenant.
- In the Policies section, add policies to the list.
- You can select a policy from the library by clicking Add policy from library.
- You can create a new policy by clicking Create new policy.
Policies created in the policy set are automatically added to the policy library. For more information refer to Policies.
- To reorder the policies, drag and drop the policy rule to the desired location.
- Click Create. The policy set is added to the library list.
NOTE
While creating the policy set, if you create a new policy but cancel creating the policy set, the new policy is retained in the library.
To create a new policy set directly in the Optimizer Policy Tree
- Go to (desired appliance group) > Optimizer Policy Tree.
- Click Create new policy set....
- Click Create new policy set
- In the Name section, key-in a name for the policy. The name must be unique within the tenant.
- In the Policies section, add policies to the list.
- You can select a policy from the library by clicking Add policy from library.
- You can create a new policy by clicking Create new policy.
Policies created in the policy set are automatically added to the policy library. For more information refer to Policies.
- To reorder the policies, drag and drop the policy rule to the desired location.
- Click Save. The policy set is added to the Optimizer Policy tree for the current appliance group and is also saved to the Configuration Library.
To add a policy set from the library to a Policy Tree
- Go to (desired appliance group) > Optimizer Policy Tree.
- Click Add policy set from library.
- Select the desired policy set from the drop-down list.