Reference Guide

434 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference

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ipFilter

Manages the IP filter policies.

Synopsis ipfilter --create policyname -type ipv4 | ipv6

ipfilter --clone policyname -from src_policyname

ipfilter --show [-a] [policyname]

ipfilter --save [policyname]

ipfilter --activate policyname

ipfilter --delete policyname

ipfilter --addrule policyname -rule rule_number[ -sip source_IP]

-dp destination_port -proto protocol -act permit | deny

[-type INPUT | FWD] [-dip destination_IP]

ipfilter --delrule policyname -rule rule number

ipfilter --transabort

ipfilter --clrcounters

ipfilter --showcounters

Description Use this command to manage IP filter policies. The ipFilter command and command options are noninteractive,

except when prompting for a confirmation.

The IP filter policy sets up a packet filtering firewall to provide access control on the management IP interface. The

IPv4 and IPv6 policies are either in the defined configuration or in the active configuration.

Excluding the default policies, there can be a maximum of six policies in the defined configuration and one policy

per IPv4 and IPv6 type in the active configuration.

The active policy must be the default policy or one of the policies in the defined configuration. Only the active

policies are enforced. All of the ipFilter options except --show and --transabort, create a transaction owned by the

management session initiating the commands.

An open transaction prevents other transactions from being created on different management sessions. The

--create, --clone, --delete, --addrule, and --delrule operands modify policies in memory buffer, while operands,

--save and --activate commit policies to the persistent configuration. The operands, --save and --activate,

implicitly end the transaction if all policy changes are committed. The operand --transabort explicitly ends an open

transaction and aborts policy changes in memory buffer. Closing the management session that owns the

transaction also aborts policy changes and closes the transaction.

Notes The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric restrictions that may be in place. Refer to "Using Fabric

OS Commands" and "Command Availability" for details.

In a Virtual Fabric environment, IP Filter policies are treated as chassis-wide configurations and apply to all logical

switches in the chassis. Chassis permissions are required to manage IP Filter policies.