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Planning the FPolicy configuration

Before you create an FPolicy configuration, you must understand what is involved in each step of the configuration. You need to decide what settings you need to use when performing the configuration and record them in the planning worksheets.

You need to plan for the following configuration tasks:

  • Creating the FPolicy external engine
  • Creating the FPolicy policy event
  • Creating the FPolicy policy
  • Creating the FPolicy policy scope

FPolicy is supported on storage virtual machines (SVMs).

  • Planning the FPolicy external engine configuration
    Before you configure the FPolicy external engine (external engine), you must understand what it means to create an external engine and which configuration parameters are available. This information helps you to determine which values to set for each parameter.
  • Planning the FPolicy event configuration
    Before you configure FPolicy events, you must understand what it means to create an FPolicy event. You must determine which protocols you want the event to monitor, which events to monitor, and which event filters to use. This information helps you plan the values that you want to set.
  • Planning the FPolicy policy configuration
    Before you configure the FPolicy policy, you must understand which parameters are required when creating the policy as well as why you might want to configure certain optional parameters. This information helps you to determine which values to set for each parameter.
  • Planning the FPolicy scope configuration
    Before you configure the FPolicy scope, you must understand what it means to create a scope. You must understand what the scope configuration contains. You also need to understand what the scope rules of precedence are. This information can help you plan the values that you want to set.
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