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In this Section:

Table of Contents

 

 

Use this object to configure all the policy servers in your network.

To Configure

Configuring

Global Config

On the navigation paneSBC main screen, navigate to Configuration > System Setup >Policy Server > Global Config. The Global Config window is displayed.

Type: ip

By default, the Edit Global Config window is displayed with the parameter Type as set to Mgmt.

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Type: mgmt

When you set the parameter Type to IP, some additional parameters are displayed.

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Make the required changes and click Save to save the changesconfiguration, or Clear to cancel them.

The following fields parameters displayed are displayed:

 
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1Policy Server - Global Config parameters

Parameter

Length/Range

Description

Reconnect Timeout

1-3600

Specifies the time interval in seconds for re-attempting the connection to Policy Server which is in the enabled state.

Default value: 10 seconds.

Switch Over ModeN/A

Specifies the means to connect to the active Policy Server. The options are:

automatic
  • Automatic: Retries to the previously ACTIVE Policy Server after a switch over
manual
  • Manual: Does not retry to connect after a switch over.

Congestion Control 

N/A

When enabled, SBC throttles the sending or Policy Requests to either active or standby PSX. The options are:

disabled
  • Disabled (default)
enabled
  • Enabled

Type

N/A

Specifies the type of Interface Group used. The options are:

mgmt
  • Mgmt (default)
  • ip
    • IP
    Mgmt Interface Group
    Address Context
    N/A

    Specifies all the valid

    Address Contexts

    Management Interface Groups available to communicate with external PSX.

    NOTE: This parameter is only visible when the attribute,
    type
    Type is set to
    "ip"
    Mgmt.
    Ip Interface Group
    Address ContextN/A

    Specifies all the valid

    IP Interface Group that belongs to the configured

    Address Contexts.

    NOTE: This parameter is only visible when the attribute,
    type
    Type is set to
    "ip"
    IP.
    Mgmt
    IP Interface GroupN/A

    Specifies all the valid

    Management Interface Groups available to communicate with external PSX.

    IP Interface Group that belongs to the configured Address Contexts.

    NOTE: This parameter is only visible when the attribute,
    type
    Type is set to
    "mgmt"
    IP.
    ipVar
    IP Var1-255
    Specifies

    Use this parameter to specify a metavarible name (from the PSX’s metavariable table) used to provide an IP address

    of one of the interfaces

    for the SBC

    to connect with

    SWe Cloud for connecting to the PSX. When the

    ipVar field

    IP Var field is blank, the SBC

    Core

    SWe Cloud picks any random IP address from the configured interface to connect to the PSX.

     

    NOTE: Use this parameter for SBC SWe Cloud configurations only.

    SBC Gateway NameN/AThe name of the SBC gateway that processes the request
    .Viewing Global Config
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    DNS GroupN/A

    The name of the DNS group to associate with the policy server global configuration to allow PSX FQDN resolution with a particular DNS group.

    Refer to Configuring DNS Groups for a configuration example.

    DSCP ProfileN/AName of the DSCP Profile in which DSCP values are configured for HPC and non HPC calls. For more information, refer to DSCP Profile - CLI.

     

    Fore more configuration examples, refer to Policy Server - CLI.

    To View Policy Server Status

    On the navigation pane, navigate to Monitoring > Dashboard > System Status > Policy Server Status. The Global Config window is displayed.

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    Parameter Description

     

    For parameter descriptions, refer to Policy Server section in Show Status System page.

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