Access policies allow you to control access to the switch by specifying the hosts or networks that can access the switch through various services. In Device Manager, set access policies through the Access Policy window, accessed by clicking Edit > Security.
Click on Insert to insert an Access Policy and the Insert Access Policy dialog box opens. The fields for both of these dialog boxes are defined below.
Boot Option
Description
Id
Policy ID.
Name
Name of this policy.
Policy Enable
Indicates whether the policy is active (true) or not active (false).
Mode
Indicates whether a packet having a source IP address that matches this entry should be permitted to enter the device or denied access.
Service
Selects the protocol to which this entry should be applied. In the Access Policy display window, this field shows a numeric value that represents the protocols or type(s) of service selected. Each protocol is assigned an integer:
For example, if Telnet, SNMP, and HTTP are selected, the number in the Service field is 1 + 2 + 16 = 19.
Precedence
User to indicate the precedence of the policy. The lower the number, the higher the precedence (1 to 128).
NetAddr
Source network IP address. An address of 0.0.0.0 specifies any address on the network.
NetMask
Source network masks.
TrustedHostAddr
Trusted IP address of the host performing rlogin or rsh into the device. Applies only to rlogin.
TrustedHostUserName
User name assigned to the trusted host. Applies only to rlogin.
AccessLevel
Access level of the trusted host (Read-Only, Read-Write, or Read-Write-All).
To set up an access policy: