Reference Guide

240 | Access Control Lists (ACL)
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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
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, refer to 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.