Access Control Lists (ACLs) for the Series 3400cl and Series 6400cl Switches 
Introduction 
Introduction 
Feature  Default  Menu  CLI  Web 
Numbered ACLs 
Standard ACLs  None  —  10-43  — 
Extended ACLs  None  — 
10-48  — 
Named ACLs  —  10-54  — 
Enable or Disable an ACL  —  10-57  — 
Display ACL Data  n/a  —  10-58  — 
Delete an ACL  n/a  —  10-58  — 
Configure an ACL from a TFTP Server  n/a  — 
10-67  — 
Enable ACL Logging  n/a  —  10-72  — 
Show ACL Resources 
Access-List Resources Help 
ACL Applications on Series 3400cl and 6400cl Switches 
ACLs can filter traffic from a host, a group of hosts, or from entire subnets. 
Where it is necessary to apply ACLs to filter traffic from outside a network or 
subnet, applying ACLs at the edge of the network or subnet removes unwanted 
traffic as soon as possible, and thus helps to improve system performance. 
ACLs on the 3400cl/6400cl switches filter inbound traffic only and can rapidly 
consume switch resources. Also, ACLs, QoS, and Rate-Limiting share the same 
per-port mask resources on these switches. For these reasons, the best places 
to apply ACLs on the 3400cl/6400cl switches are in “edge” positions where 
filtering is likely to be less complex and resource-intensive than in core 
network applications that are more likely to require the per-VLAN and 
inbound/outbound ACL filtering available on the Series 5300xl switches. 
General Application Options 
Layer 3 IP filtering with Access Control Lists (ACLs) on the 3400cl/6400cl 
switches enables you to improve network performance and restrict network 
use by creating policies for: 
10-3