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Working with MAPS rules and actions

mapspolicy --enable policy

The following example creates a rule to generate a RASLog message if the CRC counter for a group

of critical ports is greater than 10 in an hour. This rule is added to the daily_policy, and the

daily_policy is re-enabled for the rule to take effect.

switch:admin> mapsrule --create check_crc -monitor crc -group critical_ports

-timebase hour -op g -value 10 -action raslog -policy daily_policy

switch:admin> mapsrule --show check_crc

Rule Data:

----------

RuleName: check_crc

Condition: critical_ports(crc/hour>10)

Actions: raslog

Policies Associated: daily_policy

switch:admin> mapspolicy --enable daily_policy

To accommodate creating a rule for a flow, mapsrule accepts a flow name as a value for the -group

parameter. The following example illustrates the structure.

switch:admin> mapsrule --create check_crc2 -monitor crc -group MyFlow

-timebase min -op g -value 15 -action raslog -policy daily_policy2

Modifying a rule

You can modify only user-defined rules. You cannot modify the default rules.

To modify a user-defined policy rule, complete the following steps.

1. Enter mapsRule --show to display the rule you want to modify.

mapsrule --show rule_name

2. Enter mapsRule --config followed by the parameters you are changing to modify the rule.

mapsrule --config check_crc2 -timebase hour

You only need to specify the parameters you are changing. Any parameters you do not specify

are not changed. The configuration settings you specify replace the existing configuration

settings for the rule.

3. Enter mapsRule --show to display the new rule.

mapsrule --show rule_name

4. If the rule is included in the active policy, you must re-enable the policy for the modified rule to

take effect.

mapspolicy --enable policy

The following example modifies the check_crc rule to generate a RASLog message if the CRC

counter for a group of critical ports is greater than 15 in an hour. This rule is part of the active

policy, so the policy is re-enabled for the change to take effect.