Scenario details: Creating the inbound admission policy

This topic contains information about creating the inbound admission policy on the system.

1. In iSeries™ Navigator, expand your system > Network > IP Policies.

2. Right-click Quality of Service and select Configuration to open the quality of service (QoS) Server Configuration window.

3. On the QoS Server Configuration window, right-click Inbound Admission Policies and select New Policy to open the wizard.

4. Read the Welcome page and click Next.

5. In the Name field, enter Restrict_TheirCo and click Next. Optionally, you can enter a description to help you remember the intent of this policy.

6. On the Clients page, select Specific address or addresses and click New to define your client.

7. On the New client window, enter the following information:

   • Name: Their_Co

   • IP address range: 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.10

   • Click OK to create the client and return to the policy wizard.
   After you click OK, you return to the policy wizard. If you had previous clients created, clear them and verify that only relevant clients are selected.

8. On the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) page, verify that Any URI is selected and click Next.

9. On the Applications page, select Specific port, range of ports, or server type and click New.

10. On the New Application window, enter the following information and click OK to return to the wizard:

    • Name: HTTP

    • Port: 80

11. Click Next to go the Codepoint page.

12. On the Codepoint page, verify All codepoints is selected and click Next.

13. On the Local IP Address page, select IP address and select an interface on which requests are made to your local system. In this example, use 192.168.1.1.

14. On the Class of Service page, click New to define performance characteristics. The New Class of Service wizard opens.

15. Read the Welcome page and click Next.

16. On the Name page, enter inbound and click Next. Optionally, you can add a description to help you remember the intent of this class of service.

17. On the Type of Service page, select Inbound only. This class of service will only be used for inbound policies.

18. On the Inbound Limits page, enter the following information and click Next:

    • Average connection rate: 50 per second

    • Connection burst limit: 50 connections

    • Priority: Medium

19. Click Finish to return to the policy wizard.

20. On the Class of service page, verify that the class of service you just created is selected and click Next.

21. On the Schedule page, select Active during selected schedule and click New.

22. On the New Schedule window, enter the following information and click OK:

    • Name: FirstShift

    • Time of day: Active at the specific times and add 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..

    • Day of week: Active on the specific days and select Monday through Friday.

23. On the Schedules page, click Next.

24. See the summary information. If it is accurate, click Finish to create the policy. The QoS Server Configuration lists all the policies that are created on the system. After you complete the wizard, the policy is listed in the right pane.

    You have finished configuring the inbound admission policy on your system. The next step is to start or update the server.

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