Before creating policies, review the default setting of NFM-P policy-related system preferences and customize them as required. For example, you can display or hide the policy names on policy configuration forms for certain types of local policies or enforce a restriction to the distribution mode for certain types of local policies that will permit local editing only. See the NSP System Administrator Guide for information about configuring policy-related system preferences.

Create the required policy; see Table 49-3, Location of NFM-P policy information to help locate the appropriate policy information.

Note: For policies that require you to enter a name to identify the policy, you cannot use “N/A”, “n/a”, or “@” for the policy name; the term “N/A” is restricted. Creating a policy with “@” in the name results in Template Inconsistent/Configuration Mismatch alarms, which do not clear after a synchronization with the global policy. Also, updating the name using node CLI as “N/A” is not valid.

Release and distribute the policies:

1. To release and distribute select policies; see To release and distribute a policy.

2. As required, create a Policy Distribute Group to specify a group of NEs to distribute a policy to; see To create a policy distribution group.

3. To distribute multiple policies using a Policy Distribute Group in one action; see To distribute multiple policies.

As required, change the deployment settings for policy distribution:

1. Change the distribution mode of local policies to synchronize with a global policy or to change a global policy back to a local edit distribution mode; see To change the distribution mode of a policy.

2. Change the maximum number of managed policy objects that a distribution deployer is allowed to send; see To configure the maximum number of policy objects per deployer.

3. Change the default maximum number of tasks involved when a group of policies is distributed; see To configure the maximum number of tasks for distribution.

As required, stop the distribution of the policy while it is in progress; see To stop a policy distribution currently in progress.

As required, synchronize policies across all deployed NEs; see To synchronize a policy.

Assign policies to resources during service configuration or modification. See Chapter 70, Service management and QoSfor more information.

As required, configure a policy override that allows you to change default settings associated for the following policies:

1. AAA subscriber policy overrides; see To configure an AA subscriber policy override on an ISA-AA group or partition.

2. Port scheduler policy overrides; see To configure Ethernet ports.

3. HSMDA policy overrides; see To configure an HSMDA override.

4. QoS policy overrides on:

   • L2 or L3 access interfaces; see To configure QoS policy overrides on an L2 or L3 access interface

   • access ingress meters for 7210 SAS; see To configure QoS policy overrides on access ingress meters for the 7210 SAS.

   • access ingress queues for 7210 SAS-X; see To configure QoS policy overrides on access ingress queues for a 7210 SAS-X.

5. Epipe or Ipipe L2 access interface policy overrides; see To create a VLL L2 access interface on a terminating site.

Incidental tasks

As required, manage NFM-P policies:

1. Enable or disable an exclusive policy editing restriction on one or more NEs or remove any exclusive edit locks that were previously set; see To configure an exclusive policy editing restriction on an NE.

2. Copy a policy; see To copy a policy.

3. Modify a policy; see To modify a policy and To view local policy contents.

4. Export existing global policies to a file in order to make them available for import elsewhere; see To export a policy.

5. Import global policies from an exported policy file; see To import a policy.

6. Delete a policy; see To delete a policy.