Deployment Guide

ACL Optimization
If an access list contains duplicate entries, Dell EMC Networking OS deletes one entry to conserve CAM space.
Standard and extended ACLs take up the same amount of CAM space. A single ACL rule uses two CAM entries to identify
whether the access list is a standard or extended ACL.
Determine the Order in which ACLs are Used to Classify Traffic
When you link class-maps to queues using the service-queue command, Dell EMC Networking OS matches the class-maps
according to queue priority (queue numbers closer to 0 have lower priorities).
As shown in the following example, class-map cmap2 is matched against ingress packets before cmap1.
ACLs acl1 and acl2 have overlapping rules because the address range 20.1.1.0/24 is within 20.0.0.0/8. Therefore (without the
keyword order), packets within the range 20.1.1.0/24 match positive against cmap1 and are buffered in queue 7, though you
intended for these packets to match positive against cmap2 and be buffered in queue 4.
In cases where class-maps with overlapping ACL rules are applied to different queues, use the order keyword to specify the
order in which you want to apply ACL rules. The order can range from 0 to 254. Dell EMC Networking OS writes to the CAM
ACL rules with lower-order numbers (order numbers closer to 0) before rules with higher-order numbers so that packets are
matched as you intended. By default, all ACL rules have an order of 255.
Example of the order Keyword to Determine ACL Sequence
DellEMC(conf)#ip access-list standard acl1
DellEMC(config-std-nacl)#permit 20.0.0.0/8
DellEMC(config-std-nacl)#exit
DellEMC(conf)#ip access-list standard acl2
DellEMC(config-std-nacl)#permit 20.1.1.0/24 order 0
DellEMC(config-std-nacl)#exit
DellEMC(conf)#class-map match-all cmap1
DellEMC(conf-class-map)#match ip access-group acl1
DellEMC(conf-class-map)#exit
DellEMC(conf)#class-map match-all cmap2
DellEMC(conf-class-map)#match ip access-group acl2
DellEMC(conf-class-map)#exit
DellEMC(conf)#policy-map-input pmap
DellEMC(conf-policy-map-in)#service-queue 7 class-map cmap1
DellEMC(conf-policy-map-in)#service-queue 4 class-map cmap2
DellEMC(conf-policy-map-in)#exit
DellEMC(conf)#interface te 10/1/1
DellEMC(conf-if-te-10/1/1)#service-policy input pmap
Configure ACL Range Profiles
Dell EMC Networking OS allows L3 ACLs to configure range of L4 source and destination ports using the operators and range of
ports. This results in multiple ACL entries that use more space in the forwarding table. Staring from Dell EMC Networking OS
9.11(0.0), you can configure the range of L4 source and destination ports as part of L3 ACLs, which results in only one ACL
entry. To configure the range profiles, use the following commands.
For a complete list of all the commands related to IP ACLs, refer to the Dell EMC Networking OS Command Line Interface
Reference Guide.
1. Enable the ACL range feature.
CONFIGURATION mode
feature aclrange
NOTE: If you enable this feature, router traffic is not filtered by the ACL.
2. Create a range profile after entering the ACL Profile Configuration mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
aclrange profile-name
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
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