An Example of Policy Distribution

In order to demonstrate the features of the different distribution schemes, let's assume that a device called eCommServer must be configured with the following three policies:

  • All outgoing packets that originate with a local port of 265 and that use transport protocol 6 are to be marked as EF packets with a DiffServ field value of 101110.

  • All outgoing packets that originate with a local port of 11 and that use transport protocol 6 are to be marked as EF packets with a DiffServ field value of 101110.

  • The default is to mark all packets as BE packets with a DiffServ field value of 000000.

You should recognize these rules as a subset of the low-level policies relevant to the eCommServer from the example used in the ...

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