Configure Circuit Categories
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Configure Circuit Categories
Circuit categories group circuits based on their characteristics, simplifying network
policy rules. You can assign them to different network parts, define circuit categories, and
more.
Circuit categories are a logical grouping
of various kinds of circuits and connectivity that may be present
in the network. This grouping allows for simplified and reusable
network policy rules for the entire network. For example, internet
cable broadband, metered internet LTE links, satellite internet
links, internet DSL, or private MPLS.
In an effort to reduce
data usage on a metered LTE link,
you can choose to exclude a circuit category from connecting to
the controller for device related services.
Circuit categories
are defined during initial site setup, but may be edited or changed
at any time from the Policies tab. To edit circuit categories, select
Policies and then select Circuit Categories. Working with circuit
categories include defining circuit categories, defining circuit
categories in application policies, assigning a circuit category
to a site WAN network and site WAN interface, and assigning a circuit
category to the ION interfaces.
- Select .
- Edit a public or private circuit category.A total of 64 circuit categories are available; a maximum of 32 public circuits and 32 private circuits are allowed for each category.
- You can choose to enter a name for the circuit category instead of the default public or private category name.Pre-defined categories are pre-loaded in the system for you to edit and use as needed.
- (Optional)EnterDescriptionandTagsif needed.
- Select theUse For Controller Connectionscheck box to connect this circuit category to the controller for device related services.Deselect this check box to exclude this circuit category from connecting to the controller for device related services. For example, deselect for metered LTE circuits.Settings configured at the Circuits level take higher precedence over the settings configured at the Circuit Category level.
- Select theUse for Application Reachability Probescheck box to connect this circuit category to check the reachability of an application on a given path.Deselect this check box to exclude this circuit category from checking for reachability of an application on a given path. For example, deselect for metered LTE circuits.Settings configured at the Circuits level take higher precedence over the settings configured at the Circuit Category level.
- Select theQoSif you would like to enable shaping and queuing of traffic as defined in your application policy rules.
- In the LQM Configurations:
- To enableLQ Monitoringfor ongoing links quality measurements, such as latency, loss, and jitter selectYes. LQM is enabled by default on branch to data center paths.
- InVPN Configurations, forKeep-Alive Failure Count, enter a value between 3 and 30 and forKeep-Alive Interval, enter a value between 100 ms and 600000 ms.
- The Keep-Alive Failure Count indicates the number of consecutive missed keep-alive packets before a link is declared as down. The default value is 3.
- The Keep-Alive Interval indicates the time interval in milliseconds between two VPN Keep-alive packets. The default value is 1000 ms.