Reference Guide

deny
Configure a filter to drop packets with a the MAC address specified.
C-Series, E-Series, S-Series, Z-Series
Syntax
deny {any | mac-source-address [mac-source-address-mask]}
[count [byte]] [log] [monitor]
To remove this filter, you have two choices:
• Use the no seq sequence-number command if you know the filter’s sequence
number.
• Use the no deny {any | mac-source-address mac-source-
address-mask} command.
Parameters
any Enter the keyword any to specify that all routes are subject to the
filter.
mac-source-
address
Enter a MAC address in nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn format.
mac-source-
address-mask
(OPTIONAL) Specify which bits in the MAC address must match. If no
mask is specified, a mask of 00:00:00:00:00:00 is applied (in other
words, the filter allows only MAC addresses that match).
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 is applied to the monitored interface. For more
information, refer to the “Flow-based Monitoring” section in the Port
Monitoring chapter of the FTOS Configuration Guide .
Defaults Not enabled.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION-MAC ACCESS LIST-STANDARD
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 7.4.1.0 Added the monitor option.
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