IPv4 Access Control Lists (ACLs)

Overview

The CLI remark command option allows you to enter a separate comment for each ACE.

A source or destination IPv4 address and a mask, together, can define a single host, a range of hosts, or all hosts.

Every ACL populated with one or more explicit ACEs includes an Implicit Deny as the last entry in the list. The switch applies this action to any packets that do not match other criteria in the ACL. (For standard ACLs, the Implicit Deny is deny any. For extended ACLs, it is deny ip any any.)

In any ACL, you can apply an ACL log function to ACEs that have an explicit “deny” action. The logging occurs when there is a match on a “deny” ACE (except when the ACL is used for mirroring). The switch sends ACL logging output to Syslog, if configured, and, optionally, to a console session.

You can create ACLs for the switch configuration using either the CLI or a text editor. The text-editor method is recommended when you plan to create or modify an ACL that has more entries than you can easily enter or edit using the CLI alone. Refer to “Creating or Editing ACLs Offline” on page 9-94.

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