Policy configuration

Overview

The XML API supports the template-based creation of rules called policies. The supported policies include:

service management—specify how service traffic is handled by network resources such as interfaces, ports, daughter cards, and circuits. For example, access ingress, and scheduler polices.
routing management—specify routing configuration according to configured parameters. For example, routing and multicast polices.
network management—specify how the NFM-P communicates with network resources, handles alarms, manages statistics, and stores information. For example, file, accounting policies.

Policies are global or local. A global policy is created using the NFM-P to set properties of the policy before being assigned to the NEs. After the global policy is ready to be distributed to the NEs, a local policy is created for each selected NE and the configuration is distributed to the NEs. Local policies are instances of global policies that are assigned to individual NEs. The global policy is an NFM-P object, and the local policy represents what is configured on the NE.

This chapter only describes the type of policies that are distributed to the NE. The type of policies that are for managing NFM-P only objects such as size constraint, format and range, alarm, or mediation policies are outside the scope of this chapter.

OSS applications can use the XML API to create, configure, and manage policies based on the XML schema. The user privileges associated with the OSS user account define the ability to configure NFM-P objects. See the chapter on NFM-P user security in the NSP System Administrator Guide for information about assigning permissions to NFM-P user accounts and user groups.

Use subject to agreed restrictions on disclosure and use.