# Creating Hierarchical Policies for Interface Groups

This chapter provides information for configuring policy-based routing management on E Series routers.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

- Hierarchical Policies for Interface Groups Overview
- External Parent Groups
- Example: Configuring Hierarchical Policy Parameters
- Hierarchical Aggregation Nodes
- RADIUS and Profile Configuration for Hierarchical Policies
- Applying a Profile to Interfaces with Service Manager
- Hierarchical Policy Configuration Considerations
- Example: Hierarchical Policy Quick Configuration
- Example: Configuring Hierarchical Policies
- Example: VLAN Rate Limit Hierarchical Policy for Interface Groups Configuration
- Example: Wholesale L2TP Model Hierarchical Policy Configuration
- Example: Aggregate Rate Limit for All Nonvoice Traffic Hierarchical Policy Configuration
- Example: Arbitrary Interface Groups Hierarchical Policy Configuration
- Example: Service and User Rate-Limit Hierarchy Overlap Hierarchical Policy Configuration
- Example: Percentage-Based Hierarchical Rate-Limit Profile for External Parent Group
- Example: PPP Interfaces Hierarchical Policy Configuration