role Commands

This section describes commands used to define and configure role (policy) for the Wireless Appliance. These commands are located in the role (formerly policy) context of the CLI. Execute the role command at the root level to enter the role context. For more information about Configuring Policy, see the ExtremeWireless User Guide.

A role is a collection of attributes and rules that determine how to handle the traffic of users accessing the wired network through the WLAN service. Role assignment applies topology and traffic behavior to a user regardless of SSID or VNS assignment. Traffic behavior is defined in roles by configuring a rate control setting and filter rules for the AC or AP.

Roles do not need to be fully specified. Unspecified attributes are retained by the user or inherited from the global default-role. Refer to default-role for information on configuring the global default-role.

A role either specifies or defaults to:

• A topology
• An inbound and outbound rate control profile
• A set of filters

All CLI commands cache changes. For this reason, sometimes when you make a change in a particular context, the change may not be visible immediately. If this happens, you must exit and re-enter the context in order to ensure that the database is synchronized with the latest change.