3com 5500-ei pwr Installation Instruction

 

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A route policy is used to match given routing information or some attributes of routing information and 

change the attributes of the routing information if the conditions are met. The above-mentioned filtering 

lists can serve as the match conditions: 

A route policy can comprise multiple nodes and each node comprises:  

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if-match clause: Defines matching rules; that is, the filtering conditions that the routing information 

should satisfy for passing the current route policy. The matching objects are some attributes of the 

routing information. 

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apply  clause: Specifies actions, which are the configuration commands executed after a route 

satisfies the filtering conditions specified by the if-match clause. Thereby, some attributes of the 

route can be modified. 

Before configuring a route policy, perform the following tasks:  

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Configuring a filtering list, 

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Configuring a routing protocol 

Prepare the following data before the configuration: 

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Route policy name and node number 

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Match conditions 

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Route attributes to be changed