Creating an Application Control Policy

You must create an application policy to limit traffic by application, to classify traffic into priority queues using QoS traffic shaping rules, or to completely block access to an application.

1. Select Services & Profiles > Application Control.
2. Click the Application Policy tab.
   The Application Policy page appears.

   Figure 1  Viewing Application Policy

   
   

   

   
   
3. Click Create.
   The Create Application Policy page appears.

   Figure 1  Creating an Application Policy
   

   

   
   
4. Under General Options, enter a policy name and policy description.
5. Under Rules, click Create to create a new rule.
   NOTE

   Each application policy can contain up to 128 rules.
   The Create Application Policy Rule page appears.
   Figure 1  Creating an Application Policy Rule
   

   

   
   
6. In the Rule Type field, select one of the following options:
   • Denial Rules
   • QoS
   • Rate Limiting
7. In the Application Type field, select the type of application.
8. In the Application field, select the application for which you want to create a policy rule. For example, if you select All in the application category and save the application rule, the application rule list reflects all Antivirus applications and is selected as a single entry in the rule list. A full category is counted as one rule in the allotment of 128 Layer 7 rules in a Layer 7 policy.
9. Click OK to save the rule.
   If a rule is already created, you can edit its configuration settings by selecting the rule and clicking Configure on the Create Application Policy page.
10. Under Logging, select the appropriate option for the APs to log events:
    • Allow the AP to log every application event and end the events to SmartZone
    • Allow the AP to log every application event and end the events to external syslog
11. Click OK to save the application control policy.