Caution: If the IP Switch Processor is being managed from a remote
host, you must in include the host's address in a forwarding
rule. If you don't, you may not be able to gain access to the
IP Switch Processor at the conclusion of this task.
1. Create a QoS policy, if you have not already done so. See Creating a QoS Policy.
2. Create a rule in that policy, if you have not already done so. See Creating a Rule for a QoS Policy.
3. Click on the home page.
4. Click the Quality of Service link in the Policy Configuration section.
5. Click the name of the policy in which you want to edit a rule in the Current QoS policies drop-down list.
6. Click Select.
7. Click the name of the hardware filtering rule you want to edit in the drop-down list box.
8. Click Edit.
9. Enter the port number of the source transmission layer protocol to be forwarded in the SPort/Mask edit box.
10. Enter the port number of the destination transmission layer protocol to be forwarded in the DPort/Mask edit box.
11. Click the Inbound radio button, if you want traffic inbound to the IP Switch to be affected by the rule.
-OR-
12. Click the Outbound radio button, if you want traffic outbound from the IP Switch to be affected by the rule.
13. (Optional) Click on the interface you want to be affected by the rule in the Interface drop-down list.
14. (Optional) Enter the IP transmission layer protocol to be used (TCP
or UDP
) in the IPproto field.
15. Click on the permit
filter in the Filter drop-down list.
This will instruct the IP switch software to forward all packets matching the criteria specified above.
16. Click the priority queue to be used for this rule in the Priority drop-down list.
17. Click .
18. (Optional) Repeat steps 7-17 swapping the source and destination addresses to apply the rule to traffic in the reverse direction
19. (Optional) Repeat steps 7-18 for each source-destination pair you would like to forward
20. .Create the rule to drop all the other traffic for the policy (See Creating a Rule for a QoS Policy).
21. Click the Inbound radio button, if you want traffic inbound to the IP Switch to be affected by the rule.
-OR-
22. Click the Outbound radio button, if you want traffic outbound from the IP Switch to be affected by the rule.
23. (Optional) Click on the interface you want to be affected by the rule in the Interface drop-down list.
24. Click on the deny
filter in the Filter drop-down list.
This will instruct the IP switch software to deny all packets not expressly permitted by the earlier rules.
25. Click .
26. Apply the policy (See Applying QoS Policies).
27. Click .
If you want to make the changes permanent, click on the configuration
page.