Brocade Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide v6.1.2_cee (53-1001258-01, June 2009)

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Default ACL configuration
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There are two types of MAC ACLs:
Standard ACLs—Permit and deny traffic according to the source MAC address in the incoming
frame. Use standard MAC ACLs if you only need to filter traffic based on source addresses.
Extended ACLs—Permit and deny traffic according to the source and destination MAC
addresses in the incoming frame, as well as other information in the MAC header such as
EtherType.
MAC ACLs are supported on the following interface types:
Physical interfaces
Logical interfaces (LAGs)
VLANs
Default ACL configuration
Table 15 lists the default ACL configuration.
ACL configuration guidelines and restrictions
Follow these ACL configuration guidelines and restrictions when configuring ACLs.
The order of the rules in an ACL is critical. The first rule that matches the traffic stops further
processing of the packets.
By default, an empty ACL (ACL without rules) permits all traffic.
By default, MAC ACLs include an implicit “permit all” rule at the end of the ACL. If traffic does
not match any of the MAC ACL’s rules, the ACL permits the traffic.
Only one ACL per interface is allowed. This applies to physical interfaces, LAG interfaces, and
VLAN interfaces.
Masks for the MAC addresses are not supported with MAC ACLs.
ACL naming conventions:
- Standard ACLs and extended ACLs cannot have the same name.
Applying MAC ACLs to VLAN interfaces:
- An ACL applied to a VLAN interface controls the packets that are bridged within the VLAN.
- When an ACL is applied to a VLAN interface, all packets (tagged or untagged) entering the
VLAN are checked against the ACL’s rules.
TABLE 15 Default MAC ACL configuration
Parameter Default setting
MAC ACLs By default, no MAC ACLs are configured.