Administrator Guide

154 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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IP Filter policy
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Cloning an IP Filter policy
You can create an IP Filter policy as an exact copy of an existing policy. The policy created is stored
in a temporary buffer and has the same type and rules as the existing defined or active policy.
1. Log in to the switch using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ipFilter
--clone command.
Displaying an IP Filter policy
You can display the IP Filter policy content for the specified policy name, or all IP Filter policies if a
policy name is not specified.
For each IP Filter policy, the policy name, type, persistent state and policy rules are displayed. The
policy rules are listed by the rule number in ascending order. There is no pagination stop for
multiple screens of information. Pipe the output to the |more command to achieve this.
If a temporary buffer exists for an IP Filter policy, the
--show subcommand displays the content in
the temporary buffer, with the persistent state set to no.
1. Log in to the switch using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ipFilter
–-show command.
Saving an IP Filter policy
You can save one or all IP Filter policies persistently in the defined configuration. The policy name is
optional for this subcommand. If the policy name is given, the IP Filter policy in the temporary
buffer is saved; if the policy name is not given, all IP Filter policies in the temporary buffer are
saved. Only the CLI session that owns the updated temporary buffer may run this command.
Modification to an active policy cannot be saved without being applied. Hence, the
--save
subcommand is blocked for the active policies. Use
--activate instead.
1. Log in to the switch using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ipFilter
–-save command.
Activating an IP Filter policy
IP Filter policies are not enforced until they are activated. Only one IP Filter policy per IPv4 and IPv6
type can be active. If there is a temporary buffer for the policy, the policy is saved to the defined
configuration and activated at the same time. If there is no temporary buffer for the policy, the
policy existing in the defined configuration becomes active. The activated policy continues to
remain in the defined configuration. The policy to be activated replaces the existing active policy of
the same type. Activating the default IP Filter policies returns the IP management interface to its
default state. An IP Filter policy without any rule cannot be activated. This subcommand prompts
for a user confirmation before proceeding.
1. Log in to the switch using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ipFilter
–-activate command.