To configure an AQP

Steps
 
1 

Choose Policies→ISA Policies→Application Assurance from the NFM-P main menu. The Application Assurance Policies form opens.

2 

Select an AA group policy and click Properties. The AA Group Policy (Edit) form opens.

3 

Click on the Application QoS Entries tab.

4 

Click Create. The Application QoS Policy (Create) form opens.

5 

Configure the parameters.

6 

Click on the Match Criteria tab.

7 

To configure General Attributes:

  1. Configure the Traffic Direction parameter.

  2. To specify an application as a criterion:

    1. Configure the Application Operator parameter.

    2. Choose an application.

  3. To specify an application group as a criterion:

    1. Configure the Application Group Operator parameter.

    2. Choose an application group.

  4. To specify DSCP criteria, configure the parameters in the DSCP panel.

  5. To specify IP criteria, configure the parameters in the IP Protocol panel.

  6. To specify a charging group as a criterion:

    1. Configure the Charging Group Operator parameter.

    2. Choose a charging group.

8 

To configure subscriber criteria:

  1. Click on the AA Subscriber tab.

  2. Configure the parameters.

    The SAP and Spoke SDP Binding options for the Subscriber Type parameter are selectable only during local AQP entry creation.

    If the Subscriber Type parameter is set to None, the other parameters on the AA Subscriber tab are reset to the default values.

  3. Perform one of the following.

    • If the Subscriber Type parameter is set to ESM, configure the ESM Subscriber parameter.

    • If the Subscriber Type parameter is set to SAP, configure the SAP Subscriber parameter.

    • If the Subscriber Type parameter is set to Spoke SDP Binding, configure the Spoke Subscriber parameter.

    • If the Subscriber Type parameter is set to Transit, configure the Transit Subscriber parameter.

    • If the Subscriber Type parameter is set to ESM-MAC, configure the ESM Subscriber Host parameter.

9 

To configure source or destination criteria:

  1. Click on the Source and Destination tab.

  2. To configure source criteria, configure the Address Operator parameter in the Source Address panel. You can specify a single IP prefix or address by configuring the Address and Address Length parameters, or select an IP prefix list.

  3. Configure the parameters in the Source Port panel.

  4. To configure destination criteria, configure the Address Operator parameter in the Destination Address panel. You can specify a single IP prefix or address by configuring the Address and Address Length parameters, or select an IP prefix list.

  5. Configure the parameters in the Destination Port panel.

10 

To configure ASO characteristic criteria:

  1. Click on the Characteristics tab.

  2. Click Create. The Application QoS Policy Characteristic (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters.

  4. Save your changes and close the form.

11 

Click on the Action tab and configure the Drop parameter. If you select the Drop parameter, go to Step 28 .

12 

Configure flow attribute criteria if required.

To include flow attribute criteria in an AQP, the Flow Attributes parameter must be enabled in the ISA-AA group associated with the AA Group policy.

To configure flow attribute criteria:

  1. Click on the Flow Attributes tab.

  2. Click Create. The Application QoS Flow Attribute (Create) form opens.

  3. Click Select to choose a flow attribute name.

  4. Configure the parameters.

  5. Save your changes and close the form.

13 

Choose one or more agents in any or all of the following panels.

  • Bandwidth Limit Policer

  • Flow Rate Limit Policer

  • Flow Count Limit Policer

  • HTTP Error Redirect

14 

To configure HTTP redirect:

  1. Choose an HTTP redirect policy.

  2. Configure the Flow Type parameter.

15 

Choose an HTTP enrichment policy, if required.

16 

Choose an HTTP notification policy, if required.

17 

Choose a session filter, if required.

18 

If required, configure the Subscriber Cut Through and Mirror Source All Inclusive parameters.

Note: The Mirror Source All Inclusive parameter is configurable only when you configure an AQP entry in a local definition of the AA group policy.

19 

Choose a mirror service, if required.

Note: You can specify a mirror service only when you configure an AQP entry in a local definition of the AA group policy.

20 

Choose a URL filter, if required.

21 

Choose an ASO characteristic name, if required. The name is correlated to the ICAP Custom X-Header value in an AA URL filter.

22 

Choose a DNS IP cache, if required.

23 

Choose a GTP filter, if required.

24 

Choose an SCTP filter, if required.

25 

Configure the remarking parameters in the Remark panel.

26 

Choose a Multi-Path TCP Proxy policy, if required.

27 

If required, enable and configure the Value parameter in the TCP Maximum Segment Size panel.

28 

Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps