Writing New WAN Policies

WAN Traffic Manager uses policies to control WAN traffic. It can use a predefined policy, a predefined policy that you have modified, or a new WAN policy that you write yourself.

  1. Launch NWAdmin

  2. Highlight the server or LAN Area object for which you want to write a WAN Policy.

  3. Right click and select Details > WAN Policies.

  4. Click Advanced and then OK.

  5. In the Policies dialog, type the name of the policy and click New.

    A simple text editor appears, which allows you to write the new policy.

  6. Enter text for the policy using the prescribed WAN Traffic Manager syntax and structure.

    To understand the structure of a WAN policy, see WAN Policy Structure.

    To understand the syntax of a WAN policy, see Constructions Used within Policy Sections.

    You might also look at one or more predefined policies as examples. In many cases it will be easier to modify one of these existing policies than to write an entirely new one.

  7. Choose Policy > Check Policy.

    This will identify errors in syntax or structure. WAN Traffic Manager will not run policies with errors.

  8. Choose Policy > Save; then choose Policy > Close.

  9. Choose and delete any policies you do not want applied; then choose Policies > Close.

  10. Click OK on the WAN Policies page.



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