How do I configure a MAF?

Note: To perform this procedure, you require an account with an assigned Administrator scope of command role to the sitesec package, or a scope of command role with write access permission to the sitesec package.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Administration→Security→NE Management Access Filters from the NFM-P main menu. The NE Management Access Filter form opens.

2 

Click Create or choose a policy and click Properties. The Site Management Access Filter (Create|Edit) form opens.

3 

Configure the general parameters.

4 

Configure the required parameters in the IPv4, IPv6, and MAC panels.

5 
CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

When you set the Action parameter to deny, you cannot distribute the MAF to an NE.

You must set the parameter to permit, manually distribute the MAF as required, and then set the parameter to deny in each local MAF instance.

To configure an IPv4 or IPv6 entry, perform the following steps.

  1. Click on the IPv4 Entries or IPv6 Entries tab.

  2. Click Create or choose an entry and click Properties. The Site MAF Match Entry (Create|Edit) form opens.

  3. Configure the required parameters.

  4. Save your changes and close the form.

6 

Repeat Step 5 to configure an additional IPv4 or IPv6 entry, if required.

7 

To configure a MAC entry, perform the following steps.

  1. Click on the MAC Entries tab.

  2. Click Create or choose an entry and click Properties. The Site MAC Match Entry (Create|Edit) form opens.

  3. Configure the required parameters.

  4. Click on the Filter Properties tab and configure the required parameters.

    If you set the Frame Type parameter to e802dot2LLC, configure the parameters in the Match Criteria - DSAP SSAP panel.

    If you set the Frame Type parameter to e802dot2SNAP, configure the parameters in the Match Criteria - SNAP panel.

    If you set the Frame Type parameter to Ethernet II, configure the Ether Type parameter.

  5. Save your changes and close the form.

8 

Repeat Step 7 to configure an additional MAC entry, if required.

9 

Click Apply to save the changes.

10 

Distribute the MAF to NEs, as required.

11 

Close the open forms.

End of steps