-**Step 4:** [OPTIONAL] If using simulators (see tutorials), enable the *controlloop-utils* feature.
+**Step 5:** If using simulators (see tutorials), enable the *controlloop-utils* feature.
.. code-block:: bash
features enable controlloop-utils
.. code-block:: bash
features enable controlloop-utils
-**Step 5:** [OPTIONAL] To reduce error logs due to being unable to communicate with DMaaP, change the official configuration to use *noop* topics instead (no network IO involved).
+**Step 6:** To reduce error logs due to being unable to communicate with DMaaP, change the official configuration to use *noop* topics instead (no network IO involved).
.. code-block:: bash
cd $POLICY_HOME/config
sed -i "s/^dmaap/noop/g" *.properties
.. code-block:: bash
cd $POLICY_HOME/config
sed -i "s/^dmaap/noop/g" *.properties
+**Step 7:** Disable PDP-X guard functionality.
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ cd $POLICY_HOME/config
+ sed -i "s/^guard.disabled=*$/guard.disabled=true/g" $POLICY_HOME/config/controlloop.properties.environment