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
 
1 

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.

2 

Choose Global from the Policy scope drop-down menu.

3 

Click Import Policy and select an Import File Name.

4 

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.

5 

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

6 

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

7 

Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps