Configuring BoD Policies and Services

You can define as many value-added services that use BoD as you want. For example, you could provide two video services with different bandwidth rates. When you create a new BoD service, you must also create a corresponding policy group. The policy rules in the policy group and the service must contain a specific set of parameters to ensure compatibility with the Enterprise Manager portal. IT managers supply actual values for these parameters through the Enterprise Manager portal.

The following sections describe how you can configure BoD services and policy groups.

Configuring BoD Policies

To configure a BoD policy:

1. Create a BoD policy group and associated policy rules in ou=entjunos, o=Policies, o=umc.
2. Use the following parameters in each policy rule that you customize for the BoD service:

• bodTosByte - type-of-service (ToS) byte in IP header
• bodTosMask - mask used for the ToS byte
• bodSrcPort - TCP/UDP port
• bodDestPort - TCP/UDP port
• bodSrcIp - IP address of source
• bodDestIp - IP address of destination

3. Specify a precedence for the policy rules.

If the service has a high priority, specify a low precedence; if the service has a low priority, specify a high precedence.

For an example of a BoD policy, see policyGroupName=bod, ou=entjunos, o=Policies, o=umc in the sample data.

Configuring BoD Services

To configure a value-added service that uses BoD:

1. Create a value-added service.
2. Use the value bod for the LDAP attribute sspCategory or the field called Category in the SSP Service pane of SDX Admin.
3. Provide a summary explaining exactly how this service will affect traffic in the LDAP attribute description or the field called Description in the SSP Service pane of SDX Admin.

This description will appear in the online help for BoD services in the Enterprise Manager portal. Although there is no upper limit for the length of this attribute, the portal will display the text in one paragraph.

4. In the LDAP attribute parameterSubstitution or the field called Substitutions in the SSP Service pane of SDX Admin, specify the substitutions for the parameters listed in step 2 of Configuring BoD Policies.
5. Assign the policy group to the service.

For an example of a BoD service, see serviceName=gold, l=entJunos, o=Scopes, o=umc in the sample data.