Prestige 652H/HW Series User’s Guide
IP Policy Routing
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Chapter 41
IP Policy Routing
This chapter covers setting and applying policies used for IP routing.
41.1 IP Policy Routing Overview
Traditionally, routing is based on the destination address only and the IAD takes the shortest path to forward
a packet. IP Routing Policy (IPPR) provides a mechanism to override the default routing behavior and alter
the packet forwarding based on the policy defined by the network administrator. Policy-based routing is
applied to incoming packets on a per interface basis, prior to the normal routing.
41.2 Benefits of IP Policy Routing
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Source-Based Routing – Network administrators can use policy-based routing to direct traffic from
different users through different connections.
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Quality of Service (QoS) – Organizations can differentiate traffic by setting the precedence or TOS
(Type of Service) values in the IP header at the periphery of the network to enable the backbone to
prioritize traffic.
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Cost Savings – IPPR allows organizations to distribute interactive traffic on high-bandwidth, high-cost
paths while using low-cost paths for batch traffic.
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Load Sharing – Network administrators can use IPPR to distribute traffic among multiple paths.
41.3 Routing Policy
Individual routing policies are used as part of the overall IPPR process. A policy defines the matching criteria
and the action to take when a packet meets the criteria. The action is taken only when all the criteria are met.
The criteria includes the source address and port, IP protocol (ICMP, UDP, TCP, etc.), destination address
and port, TOS and precedence (fields in the IP header) and length. The inclusion of length criterion is to
differentiate between interactive and bulk traffic. Interactive applications, for example, telnet, tend to have
short packets, while bulk traffic, for example, file transfer, tends to have large packets.
The actions that can be taken include:
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routing the packet to a different gateway (and hence the outgoing interface).
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setting the TOS and precedence fields in the IP header.
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