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Extended MAC ACL Commands
When an access-list is created without any rule and then applied to an interface, ACL behavior reflects implicit permit. The
following commands configure Extended MAC ACLs.
The platform supports both Ingress and Egress MAC ACLs.
NOTE: For more information, also refer to the Commands Common to all ACL Types and Common MAC Access List
Commands sections.
deny
To drop packets that match the filter criteria, configure a filter.
Syntax
deny {any | host mac-address | mac-source-address mac-source-address-
mask} {any | host mac-address | mac-destination-address mac-destination-
address-mask} [ethertype-operator] [count [byte]] [log [interval minutes]
[threshold-in-msgs [count]] [monitor]
To remove this filter, you have two choices:
● Use the no seq sequence-number command if you know the filter’s sequence number.
● Use the no deny {any | host mac-address | mac-source-address mac-source-
address-mask} {any | host mac-address | mac-destination-address mac-
destination-address-mask} command.
Parameters
any Enter the keyword any to drop all packets.
host mac-
address
Enter the keyword host and then enter a MAC address to drop packets with that
host address.
mac-source-
address
Enter a MAC address in nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn format.
mac-source-
address-mask
Specify which bits in the MAC address must match.
The MAC ACL supports an inverse mask; therefore, a mask of ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff allows
entries that do not match and a mask of 00:00:00:00:00:00 only allows entries that
match exactly.
mac-destination-
address
Enter the destination MAC address and mask in nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn format.
mac-destination-
address-mask
Specify which bits in the MAC address must match.
The MAC ACL supports an inverse mask; therefore, a mask of ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff allows
entries that do not match and a mask of 00:00:00:00:00:00 only allows entries that
match exactly.
ethertype
operator
(OPTIONAL) To filter based on protocol type, enter one of the following
Ethertypes:
● ev2 - is the Ethernet II frame format
● llc - is the IEEE 802.3 frame format
● snap - is the IEEE 802.3 SNAP frame format
count (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword count to count packets processed by the filter.
byte (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword byte to count bytes processed by the filter.
log (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword log to include ACL messages in the log.
threshold-in
msgs count
(OPTIONAL) Enter the threshold-in-msgs keyword followed by a value to
indicate the maximum number of ACL logs that can be generated, exceeding
which the generation of ACL logs is terminated with the seq, permit, or deny
commands. The threshold range is from 1 to 100.
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