Virtual policy tables allow you to deploy policy table data to specific MPE devices without affecting the entire network. You can use virtual policy tables to test configurations and changes before you deploy them to the entire network. Unlike policy tables, virtual policy tables do not contain any data except for pointers to policy tables and configuration templates. Virtual policy tables are available in the policy wizard.
A virtual policy table points to one default policy table and may point to one or more associated policy tables that are specified by a configuration template. The default policy table specifies the policy table data that is pushed to MPE devices on the network by default. In the absence of any associated policy tables, a virtual policy table behaves like its' default policy table. You can use a configuration template to associate additional policy tables to the virtual policy table and to specify which MPE devices should use the associated policy table data instead of the default policy table data. For information about using configuration templates, see the appropriate CMP User's Guide.
The following validations exist for virtual policy tables:
The following validations exist for policy table columns when the policy table is either a default or an associated policy table for a virtual policy table: