514 Configuring Access Control Lists
Depending on whether an ingress or egress ACL is applied to a port, when the 
traffic enters (ingress) or leaves (egress) a port, the ACL compares the criteria 
configured in its rules, in order, to the fields in a packet or frame to check for 
matching conditions. The ACL forwards or blocks the traffic based on the 
rules.
You can set up ACLs to control traffic at Layer 2, Layer 3, or Layer 4. MAC 
ACLs operate on Layer 2. IP ACLs operate on Layers 3 and 4. PowerConnect 
8000/8100-series switches
 support both IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs.
What Are MAC ACLs?
MAC ACLs are Layer 2 ACLs. You can configure the rules to inspect the 
following fields of a packet:
• Source MAC address
•Source MAC mask
• Destination MAC address
•Destination MAC mask
• VLAN ID
• Class of Service (CoS) (802.1p) 
•EtherType
L2 ACLs can apply to one or more interfaces.
Multiple access lists can be applied to a single interface; sequence number 
determines the order of execution.
You can assign packets to queues using the assign queue option.
NOTE: Every ACL is terminated by an implicit deny all rule, which covers any 
packet not matching a preceding explicit rule.