A policy table contains a set of policy groups that can be used by both RIP and SAP policies. Each policy group can contain group of policies with different MATCH & SET Parameters. Each policy group is identified with a unique name. The policy name is mapped into a unique ID. There is a one-to-one relation between policy group name and policy group Id. Each policy within a group is identified with a unique sequence number. Different policy groups can have same sequence number, whereas within a group the sequence must be different.