Making Additional Customizations › Work with Port Priorities › Create Port Priority Rules

Create Port Priority Rules

Create Port Priority rules to help ensure that the correct protocols are identified for each range of ports.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Application Definitions page:
   1. Select Administration from the NFA console menu. The Administration page opens.
   2. Select Application Definitions in the Administration menu. The Application Definitions page opens.
2. Select Port Priority from the Rules list.

   The Application Definitions page switches to Port Priority mode and displays a list of the current Port Priority rules.

3. Click Add Rule.

   The Add Port Priority dialog opens.

4. Specify ports as follows:
   • Protocol: Protocol of the data that is affected by the rule, either TCP or UDP
   • Start Port: Target starting port for the Port Priority rule. Enter the port number in the Start Port box, a value from 0 through 65535, expressed in Base 10 decimal format. If you do not enter a value, port 0 is assigned.
   • End Port: Target ending port for the Port Priority rule. Enter the port number in the End Port box, a value from 0 through 65535, expressed in Base 10 decimal format. If you do not enter a value, port 0 is assigned.

     Note: The start port, end port, and protocol combination must be unique--that is, it cannot match any other Port Priority rule.

   • Description: (Optional) Identifying text for the Port Priority rule. The description appears in the list of Port Priority rules on the Application Definitions page.
5. Click Save.

   If you entered a valid start port, end port, and protocol combination and you have not yet reached the maximum number of rules, the dialog closes. The new rule appears in the list of Port Priority rules.

6. Repeat this process for each Port Priority rule you want to add.

   You can specify a maximum of 50 Port Priority rules.