To create a quota convention:
- From the Policy Server section of the navigation pane, select Quota Conventions.
The content tree displays the Quota Conventions group.
- Select the Quota Conventions group.
The Quota Convention Administration page opens in the work area.
- Click Create Convention.
The New Quota Convention page opens.
- Enter the following information:
- Name — The name of the quota convention. The name can only contain the characters A–Z, a–z, 0–9, period (.), hyphen (-), and underline (_). The maximum length is 255 characters.
- Description/Location — Free-form text.
- Rollover usage — Specifies how rollover units are used with respect to top-up units.
The possible values are:
- Default — Rollover units are used before top-up units unless the highest priority top-up expires in the next 24 hours.
- Rollover after Top-up — Top-up units are used before rollover units.
- Rollover before Top-up — Rollover units are used before top-up units.
- Interval percentage of the limits (%) — The maximum percent of the units that can be rolled over during one billing cycle reset. The range is 0.0 – 100.0.
- Max percentage of the limits (%) — The maximum percent of the units that can be saved as a rolled limit at any time. The range is 0.0 – 1200.0.
- Enable one or more of the following options:
- Click Save.
The quota convention is defined in the CMP database and can be used in a policy.