To configure an ACL IP exception filter policy

Steps
 
1 

Choose Policies→Filter→ACL IP Exception Filter from the NFM-P main menu. The ACL IP Exception Filter Policies form opens.

2 

Click Create or select an existing policy and click Properties. The ACL IP Exception Filter (Create|Edit) form opens.

3 

Configure the parameters on the General tab as required.

4 

Configure one or more filter entries:

  1. Click on the Filter Entries tab and click Create. The Entry, ACL IP Exception Filter, Global Policy (Create) form opens.

  2. Configure the required parameters on the General tab.

  3. Click on the Filter Properties tab.

  4. Configure the Protocol parameter.

    The form refreshes to display the parameters applicable to the option you choose. For example, if you choose ICMP, the ICMP Properties panel appears.

  5. In the Match Criteria panel, configure the Source IP and Destination IP parameters.

  6. Configure additional parameters as required.

  7. Save your changes and close the form.

You can configure up to 256 filter entries.

5 

To delete an entry, choose the entry from the list in the Filter Entries tab and click Delete.

6 

To define the order in which the policy tries to match filter entries with packets, perform the following steps for each filter entry.

  1. Click Search to find an existing filter entry. The list of filter entries is displayed.

  2. Select a filter entry and click Renumber ID. The Renumber Entry ID form opens.

  3. Configure the New Entry ID parameter.

  4. Save your changes. The Entry ID column displays the new identifier assigned to the entry.

7 

Save your changes. The ACL IP Exception Filter Policies form reappears.

8 

Close all open forms.

End of steps