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Attach Policies to Interfaces

The last step is to attach policies to interfaces. A link between routers is composed of two interfaces so two policies can be attached per link. Click on Network > Elements > Links to bring up the link listing in the Network Info table.

The last step is to attach policies to interfaces. A link between routers is composed of two interfaces so two policies can be attached per link. Click on the Modify > Elements > Links item menu to bring up the link listing.

Figure 1: Modify Links Network management interface displaying link details; tabs for navigation, links table with columns for name, nodes, type, metric, delay, utilization, and buttons for link management.

Click on the Modify button and select the Location tab to enter the IP addresses and interface names of the two end-points, if available.

Figure 2: Modify Link Location Configuration window for modifying a network link between nodes ATL and HOU, with fields for IP addresses, interfaces, and tabs for advanced settings.

Finally, click on the CoS Policy tab to attach policies to interfaces. In Figure 207, you can specify policies on the Node A and Node Z endpoints of a link. Note that only the CoS Policies that are applicable to the Node A router will be listed under the Node A Policy drop-down menu, and likewise for Node Z. Recall that in Create Policies for Classes, the user can specify a particular router or “[Any Router]” for each newly created policy.

Figure 3: CoS Policy for Link Interfaces Software interface titled Modify 1 Link with tabs for Properties Location Multicast MPLS/TE Protocols Attributes CoS Policy PBR and User Parameters. CoS Policy tab shows Node A and Node Z policies set to unspecified. Buttons for OK Cancel and Help at the bottom.

Related Cisco commands:

At the interface level (config-if) the command to attach a policy to an interface is:

where input is to indicate the input interface, output for output interface, and policy-map is the name of the policy-map defined somewhere else in the config file.

Example: