Creating and Editing Policies

A policy is created by writing a text file that contains a series of rule entries describing match conditions and actions to take.

Policies are created by writing a text file on a separate machine and then downloading it to the switch. Once on the switch, the file is then loaded into a policy database to be used by applications on the switch. Policy text files can also be created and edited directly on the switch.

Note

Although ExtremeXOS does not prohibit mixing ACL and routing type entries in a policy file, it is best to use separate policy files for ACL and routing policies instead of mixing the entries.

When you create a policy file, name the file with the policy name that you will use when applying the policy, and use “ .pol” as the filename extension. For example, the policy name “boundary” refers to the text file “boundary.pol”.