Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Network Guide

Creating Policies

Configuring QoS

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OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide

-> policy condition c3 source ip 10.10.8.9

-> policy action a7 priority 7

-> policy rule rule5 condition c3 action a7

The rule (rule5) will only take effect after the qos apply command is entered. For more information about 
the qos apply command, see 

.

The policy rule command may specify the following keywords: 

In addition, a policy rule may be administratively disabled or re-enabled using the policy rule command. 
By default rules are enabled. For a list of rule defaults, see 

.

Information about using the policy rule command options is given in the next sections.

A validity period specifies the days and times during which a rule is in effect. By default there is no valid-
ity period associated with a rule, which means the rule is always active. 

To configure the days, months, times, and/or time intervals during which a rule is active, use the 

 command. Once the validity period is defined, it is then associated with a rule using the 

 command. For example, the following commands create a validity period named vp01 and 

associate it with rule r01:

-> policy validity period vp01 hours 13:00 to 19:00 days monday friday

-> policy rule r01 validity period vp01

Note the following when using validity periods to restrict the times when a rule is active:

• Only one validity period is associated with a policy rule. Each time this command is entered with a 

validity period name specified, the existing period name is overwritten with the new one.

• A rule is only in effect when all the parameters of its validity period are true. In the above example, 

rule r01 is only applied between 13:00 and 19:00 on Mondays and Fridays. During all other times and 
days, the rule is not applied.

• Software and hardware resources are allocated for rules associated with a validity period even if the 

validity period is not active. Pre-allocating the resources makes sure the rule can be enforced when the 
validity period becomes active.

By default, rules are enabled. Rules may be disabled or re-enabled through the policy rule command using 
the disable and enable options. For example:

-> policy rule rule5 disable

This command prevents rule5 from being used to classify traffic.