Configuring and Applying Policies 345Nortel WLAN—Management Software 2300 Series Reference GuideConfiguring and ApplyingPoliciesA policy is a set of WSS configuration parameters that you can define once in WLAN Management Software and thenapply to multiple WSSs. When you apply a policy to a set of WSSs, all parameter settings in the policy are applied to theswitches and update the settings already on the switches.How Changes Are ManagedWhen you create a new policy, none of the policy’s settings are applied to WSSs (even the ones you associate with thepolicy when you create it), until you explicitly apply the policy to the switches.After you associate a new policy with a switch, all new switches (switches you create using the WSS wizard or switchesyou upload) that match the WSS model and version number of the policy automatically receive the parameter settings inthe policy.However, after you have associated a policy with at least one switch, any changes you later make to the policy are notautomatically applied to any switches. To apply the changes you make to a policy to the switches associated with thatpolicy, you must explicitly reapply the policy to the switches.Viewing Policies1 Select the Policies tool bar option.2 To view the feature areas in the policy, click on the plus sign next to the policy name.Only the areas that are configured in the policy are listed.Click on the plus sign next to individual feature areas.3 To view the parameter settings in a feature area, select the feature area.The settings appear in the Content panel.How Changes Are Managed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Viewing Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Creating a Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346Configuring Feature Settings in a Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
