Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 6 Security Commands
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action
To specify what the switch does when a packet matches a permit command in a VLAN access control
list (VACL), use the action command. To remove an action command, use the no form of this command.
action {drop forward}
no action {drop forward}
Syntax Description
Command Default None
Command Modes VLAN access-map configuration.
Command History
Usage Guidelines The action command specifies the action that the device takes when a packet matches the conditions in
the ACL specified by the match command.
Examples This example creates a VLAN access map named vlan-map-01, assigns an IPv4 ACL named ip-acl-01
to the map, specifies that the switch forwards packets matching the ACL, and enables statistics for traffic
matching the map:
switch(config)# vlan access-map vlan-map-01
switch(config-access-map)# match ip address ip-acl-01
switch(config-access-map)# action forward
switch(config-access-map)# statistics
Related Commands
drop Specifies that the switch drops the packet.
forward Specifies that the switch forwards the packet to its destination port.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
match Specifies an ACL for traffic filtering in a VLAN access map.
show vlan access-map Displays all VLAN access maps or a VLAN access map.
show vlan filter Displays information about how a VLAN access map is applied.
statistics Enables statistics for an access control list or VLAN access map.
vlan access-map Configures a VLAN access map.
vlan filter Applies a VLAN access map to one or more VLANs.