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Defaults
Not configured.
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION-MAC ACCESS LIST-EXTENDED
Command
History
Usage
Information
When you use the log option, CP processor logs details about the packets that match. Depending on
how many packets match the log entry and at what rate, the CP may become busy as it has to log these
packets’ details.
Related
Commands
mac access-list extended
c e s
Name a new or existing extended MAC access control list (extended MAC ACL).
Syntax
mac access-list extended access-list-name
Parameters
Defaults
No default configuration
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, E-Series only) Enter the keyword log to log the
packets.
monitor (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword monitor when the rule is
describing the traffic that you want to monitor and the ACL in
which you are creating the rule will be applied to the
monitored interface. For details, see the section “Flow-based
Monitoring” in the Port Monitoring chapter of the FTOS
Configuration Guide.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.6.1.0 Support added for S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Support added for C-Series
Version 7.4.1.0
Added
monitor option
pre-Version 6.1.1.0 Introduced for E-Series
Note: When ACL logging and byte counters are configured simultaneously, byte counters
may display an incorrect value. Configure packet counters with logging instead.
permit Configure a filter to forward based on MAC addresses.
seq Configure a filter with specific sequence numbers.
access-list-name
Enter a text string as the MAC access list name, up to 140 characters.