To copy filter policy filter entries

Purpose

Perform this procedure to copy the filter entries of one filter policy to another filter policy. The supported filter policies include:

  • ACL MAC Filter

  • ACL IP Filter

  • ACL IPv6 Filter

  • DHCP Filter

Steps
 
1 

Choose Policies→Filter→Filter type from the NFM-P main menu, where Filter type is the type of filter that you want to copy a filter entry from. The appropriate policies manager form opens.

2 

Select a policy, then click Properties. The filter policy properties form opens.

3 

Click on the Filter Entries tab, click Search and select one or more filter entries from the list.

4 

Click Copy Entries. The Copy Filter type Filter Entries form opens and the copied filter entry appears in the Copy Policy Entry Instances panel.

5 

Configure the following parameters as required.

  • Enable Copied Entries to Override Existing Entries with the Same ID

  • Distribute the Global policy after Applying Form

6 

Select the local policies that you want to copy the filter entry to from the Available Policies list. Only local policies with a distribution mode of Local Edit Only will be listed.

7 

Click on the right-pointing arrow to move the selected policies to the Copy Entries to these Targeted Policies panel.

Note: If you enabled the Distribute the Global policy after Applying Form parameter and one of the Targeted Policies is a global policy, then that global policy will subsequently be distributed to all NEs with local definitions of the policy.

However, if the Distribution Mode of a local policy is set to Local Edit Only, the associated NE will not be allowed to receive the distribution of the global policy. You must set the local policy’s Distribution Mode to Sync With Global if you want the NE to receive the global policy distribution.

See To release and distribute a policy for detailed information on policy distribution.

8 

Click OK. The filter entries are copied to the targeted policies and the Copy Filter type Filter Entries form closes.

Note: If you copy a filter entry with an Entry Type of Embedded, the copies sent to the targeted policies will have an Entry Type of Normal. See To configure an embedding filter with embedded filter policies for information on embedded filters.

If an NE that contains one of the targeted policies is down, it cannot receive the copied filter. A deployment failure message will be issued.

9 

Close the filter policy properties form.

End of steps