Creating a reflector policy

Configure reflector policies to indicate to the IBM® Sametime® Bandwidth Manager where reflectors are deployed in your network and which sites make use of them.

About this task

Reflector policies include the following information:
  • Whether the particular reflector policy is enabled
  • Site or group of sites requiring a reflector to access other sites
  • Site where the reflector is used and deployed
  • Site or group of sites accessible using the reflector. This can include a single site, group of sites, any site, or any site other than the one that requires the reflector
Follow these steps to create a reflector policy.

Procedure

  1. On the server hosting the bandwidth manager, open the IBM WebSphere® Application Server Integrated Solutions Console and log in as the WebSphere administrator.
  2. Click Sametime Servers > Bandwidth Manager.
  3. Click the Reflector Policies tab.
  4. Click New to open the Configuration page.

    To disable an existing reflector policy, click the check box in the Select column for the policy, and then click Disable. Disabling a policy is useful if you are troubleshooting problems or making configuration changes during operational hours. When a policy is in a disabled state, no calls are initiated, terminated, or routed using the policy.

  5. Provide values for the reflector policy's properties on the Configuration page.
    Table 1. Reflector policy properties

    Column 1 lists the reflector properties and column 2 explains what to fill in for each property.
    Property Value
    Enable Select when you are ready to enable the reflector policy. The default status for the policy is disabled. This default status allows you to configure all the attributes of a policy before putting it into operation.
    Site Reflector Select the site where the reflector is hosted. The list of sites contains only those sites that have been enabled for the reflector.
    Party 1: Location Select the location type for the users who are using the reflector to connect to other users.

    For all values except Any Site, you must also select an additional value for the selected site attribute. For example, if you select City, select a City from the list of available configured sites.

    • Any Site
    • Category
    • City
    • Country
    • Region
    • Site Name
    Party 2: Location Select the location type for the users that are accessed by the reflector.

    For all values except Any Site or Any Other, you must also select an additional value for the selected site attribute. For example, if you select City, select a City from the list of available configured sites.

    • Any Site
    • Any Other

      Indicates that the reflector supports access to any site but its own site.

    • Category
    • City
    • Country
    • Region
    • Site Name
  6. Click OK.
  7. Save your changes by clicking the Save link in the "Messages" box at the beginning of the page.