Operation Manual – ACL 
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 1  ACL Configuration
 
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1-7 
Operation  Command  Description  
Define the 
comment string of 
the ACL rule 
 
rule rule-id comment text 
Optional 
 
Define the 
description 
information of the 
ACL 
 
description text 
Optional 
 
Display ACL 
information 
 
display  acl { all | 
acl-number } 
Optional  
This  command can be 
executed in any view.
 
 
In the case that you specify the rule ID when defining a rule:  
z  If the rule corresponding to the specified rule ID already exists, you will edit the 
rule, and the modified part in the rule will replace the original content, while other 
parts remain unchanged.  
z  If the rule corresponding to the specified rule ID does not exists, you will create 
and define a new rule.  
z  The content of a modified or created rule must not be identical with the content of 
any existing rule; otherwise the rule modification or creation will fail, and the 
system will prompt that the rule already exists.  
If you do not specify a rule ID, you will create and define a new rule, and the system will 
assign an ID for the rule automatically.  
rule-string: rule information, which can be combination of the parameters described in 
Table 1-4. You must configure the protocol argument in the rule information before you 
can configure other arguments.  
Table 1-4 Rule information  
Parameter   Type   Function   Description  
protocol
 
Protocol 
type 
 
Type of protocol 
over IP 
 
When expressed in 
numerals, the value range is 
1 to 255. 
When expressed with a 
name, the value can be 
GRE, ICMP, IGMP, IP, 
IPinIP, OSPF, TCP, and 
UDP.
 
source 
{  sour-addr 
sour-wildcard | 
any } 
Source 
address 
information 
 
Specifies the 
source address 
information in 
the rule 
 
sour-addr sour-wildcard is 
used to specify the source 
address of the packet, 
expressed in dotted decimal 
notation. 
any represents any source 
address.