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Introduction
Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Which products and software version does this Note apply to? ......................................... 2
Creating hardware ACLs ....................................................................................................................... 3
Creating IP hardware ACLs ........................................................................................................... 3
Creating MAC address hardware ACLs ...................................................................................... 6
The effects of the action keywords in ACLs ..................................................................................... 6
Making filters by applying hardware ACLs to ports ........................................................................ 7
Making filters by using QoS class-maps .............................................................................................. 8
Creating a class-map ........................................................................................................................ 9
Specifying what the class-map will match on ............................................................................. 9
Matching on “inner” keywords for nested VLANs ........................................................ 10
Matching on TCP flag ........................................................................................................... 11
Matching on eth-format and protocol .............................................................................. 12
Applying the class-maps to a policy-map .................................................................................. 12
Applying the policy-map to ports ............................................................................................... 12
The logic of the operation of the hardware filters ........................................................................ 13
Combining interface ACLs and QoS class-maps ............................................................................ 13
Examples .................................................................................................................................................. 14
Blocking all multicast traffic .............. ........................................................................................... 14
Blocking all multicast traffic except one address .................................................................... 15
Mirroring HTTP and SMTP traffic .............................................................................................. 15
Mirroring ARP packets .................................................................................................................. 16
Blocking TCP sessions in one direction .................................................................................... 17
How many filters can you create? ...................................................................................................... 18
1. The filter rules table ................................................................................................................. 18
2. The profile (mask) ..................................................................................................................... 19
Are there enough bytes for your set of filters? .............................................................. 20
Some protocols also use filters, so use some of the length ........................................ 21
Which products and software version does this Note apply to?
zProducts: SwitchBlade x908, x900-12XT/S, and x900-24 series switches
zSoftware versions: 5.2.1-0.1 and above
Hardware filters are also available on Layer 3 switches running the AlliedWare OS. For
AlliedWare OS configurations, see the AlliedWare OS How To Notes:
zHow To Use the Hardware Filters on the AT-8948 and AT-9900 Series Switches
zHow To Configure Filtering Actions on QoS Flow Groups and Traffic Classes
These Notes are available from www.alliedtelesis.com/resources/literature/howto.aspx.