Scenario details: Create the inbound admission policy

  1. In iSeries™ Navigator, expand iSeries A > 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, de-select them and verify that only relevant clients are selected.
  8. On the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) page, verify 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 appears.
  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 specific times and add 9:00 to 5:00.
    • Day of week: Active on specific days and select Monday through Friday.
  23. On the Schedules page, click Next.
  24. Review the Summary information. If accurate, click Finish to create the policy. The QoS Server Configuration lists all the policies created on the server. After you complete the wizard, the policy is listed in the right pane.

    You are now finished configuring the Inbound Admission policy on iSeries A. The next step is to start or update the server.

Parent topic: Scenario: Limit inbound connections
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