Access Control Lists (ACLs) for the Series 3400cl and Series 6400cl Switches 
General ACL Operating Notes 
General ACL Operating Notes 
ACLs do not provide DNS hostname support. 
Protocol Support: ACL criteria includes IP, TCP, and UDP. ACLs do not use 
these protocols: 
■  TOS (Type-of-Service) 
■  Precedence 
■  MAC information 
■  QoS 
ACLs do not affect switch serial port access. 
When the ACL configuration includes TCP or UDP options, the switch 
operates in “strict” TCP and UDP mode for increased control. The 
switch compares all TCP and UDP packets against the ACLs. (In the HP Series 
9300 Routing Switches, the Strict TCP and Strict UDP modes are optional and 
must be specifically invoked.) 
Replacing or Adding To an Active ACL Policy.  If you assign an ACL to 
an interface and subsequently want to add or replace ACEs in that ACL, you 
must first remove the ACL from all assigned interfaces. 
Note  When an ACE becomes active, it screens the packets resulting from new traffic 
connections. It does not screen packets resulting from currently open traffic 
connections. If you invoke a new ACE to screen packets in a currently open 
traffic connection, you must force the connection to close before the ACE can 
begin screening packets from that source. 
ACLs Do Not Filter Traffic Generated by the Switch.  Because ACLs on 
the 3400cl/6400cl switches filter only inbound traffic at the inbound physical 
port, outbound traffic from any source is not filtered by any ACL(s) configured 
on the switch. Filtering of such traffic must be done at a downstream device. 
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