The device General tab provides identification information for the selected device. To access this tab, select a device on the left panel's Network Elements tab and click the General tab in the right panel.
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General
- IP Address
- IP address of the device.
- MAC Address
- Media access connection (hardware) address of the device.
- System Description
- Description of the device, including its manufacturer, model number and firmware revision number.
- Device Type
- Indicates the type of device. Certain devices may be listed as "Authentication Only" (supports 802.1X and RFC 3580 only; does not support Policy).
- Policy VLAN Island
- Policy VLAN Island with which the device is associated. This field appears only when the Policy VLAN Islands feature is enabled.
- View/Edit VLAN Island Button
- Opens the Island Topology tab for the Policy VLAN Island selected. From there you can access the other tabs for the VLAN island, and make changes if required.
Profiles
This section displays the profiles assigned to the device via the Profile/Device Mapping tab in the Authorization/Device Access window.
- NetSight Server Profile
- The profile assigned to the device for the NetSight Administrator group. The Read Credential of this profile is used to determine contact status for this device.
- Authorization Group Profile
- The profile assigned to the user's Authorization Group. The credentials of this profile define the user's access privileges for SNMP communication with the device.
Class of Service Mode
Policy Manager supports two modes of class of service, with each mode providing a different rate limit functionality:
- Role-Based Rate Limits and Transmit Queue Configuration - These rate limits are defined within a class of service and associated with a specific role via a rule action or as a role default. They are implemented based on the role assigned to a port. This mode also allows transmit queue behavior to be configured for the class of service.
- Priority-Based Rate Limits - Priority-based rate limits are used primarily by legacy devices. These rate limits are associated with one or more 802.1p priorities, and are implemented based on the 802.1p priority assigned to a data packet appearing on a port.
| NOTE: | A default value for Class of Service Mode can be specified via the Tools >
Options view. The default value is set as the CoS mode for devices as they are
created by Policy Manager or added to the domain. The CoS mode settings that you
set here for this specific device will override the default value set in the
Options. |
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Select the class of service mode or select the option to disable rate limits on the device. If a mode is not supported on the device it will be grayed out. See Getting Started with Class of Service for more information on the two modes. You must Enforce to write these changes to the device.
- Rate Limits Disabled
- Select this option if you want rate limits disabled on the device. This means that any priority-based rate limits will not be written to the device on enforce, and any role-based rate limits will not be included in roles written to the device on enforce.
- Role-Based Rate Limits/Transmit Queue Configuration (CoS State Enable)
- Select this mode if you want to configure role-based rate limits and transmit queues on this device. See Defining Role-Based Rate Limits and How to Configure Transmit Queues for more information.
- Device Managed CoS Components
- Select CoS components (Inbound IRL, Outbound IRL, Transmit Queue/TxQ Shaper, or Flood Control) that are enabled at the domain level, but will be disabled for this device. The components selected here will be ignored during Enforce/Verify operations.
- Priority-Based Rate Limits
- Select this mode if you want to configure priority-based rate limits on this device. Priority-based rate limits add to the amount of time it takes to enforce and verify roles. Once you've created your rate limits and enforced them, you may want to disable rate limits on the device so that it takes less time to enforce. See Defining Priority-Based Rate Limits for more information.
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