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Chapter 39 Configuring IPv6 ACLs
Understanding IPv6 ACLs
Understanding IPv6 ACLs
A switch image supports two types of IPv6 ACLs:
IPv6 router ACLs
Supported on outbound or inbound traffic on Layer 3 interfaces, which can be routed ports,
switch virtual interfaces (SVIs), or Layer 3 EtherChannels.
Applied to only IPv6 packets that are routed.
IPv6 port ACLs
Supported on inbound traffic on Layer 2 interfaces only.
Applied to all IPv6 packets entering the interface.
The switch supports only input router IPv6 ACLs. It does not support port ACLs or output IPv6 router
ACLs.
Note If you configure unsupported IPv6 ACLs, an error message appears and the configuration does not take
affect.
The switch does not support VLAN ACLs (VLAN maps) for IPv6 traffic.
Note For more information about ACL support on the switch, see Chapter 33, “Configuring Network Security
with ACLs.”
You can apply both IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs to an interface.
As with IPv4 ACLs, IPv6 port ACLs take precedence over router ACLs:
When an input router ACL and input port ACL exist in an SVI, packets received on ports to which
a port ACL is applied are filtered by the port ACL. Routed IP packets received on other ports are
filtered by the router ACL. Other packets are not filtered.
When an output router ACL and input port ACL exist in an SVI, packets received on the ports to
which a port ACL is applied are filtered by the port ACL. Outgoing routed IPv6 packets are filtered
by the router ACL. Other packets are not filtered.
Note If any port ACL (IPv4, IPv6, or MAC) is applied to an interface, that port ACL is used to filter packets,
and any router ACLs attached to the SVI of the port VLAN are ignored.
These sections describe some characteristics of IPv6 ACLs on the switch:
Supported ACL Features, page 39-2
IPv6 ACL Limitations, page 39-3

Supported ACL Features

IPv6 ACLs on the switch have these characteristics:
Fragmented frames (the fragments keyword as in IPv4) are supported.
The same statistics supported in IPv4 are supported for IPv6 ACLs.