To import a policy

Purpose

You can import global policies from an exported policy file. The following types are available for import:

  • SAP access ingress and access egress policies

  • ACL filter policies (both IPv4 and IPv6)

  • Accounting policies

  • Scheduler policies

  • All SR-based QoS policies

  • All routing policies

Note: You can import global policies that have been exported on the same or lower release of the NFM-P.

See To export a policy for information about exporting policies.

Steps
 

Choose Policies→Policy Type from the NFM-P main menu, where Policy Type is the type of policy you want to import. The Policy Type manager form opens.


Choose Global from the Policy scope drop-down menu.


Click Import Policy and select an Import File Name.


Choose the location of the policy to import:

  1. Choose Server or Local from the File Location menu.

  2. If the policy is saved locally, click Select and choose the file path.


Click Preview List to see the global policies contained in the selected file.


Click the Override existing policies check box if you want the imported policies to overwrite existing global policies.


Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps