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64 CHAPTER 4: MANAGING DEVICE SECURITY
■ Ethertype — Provides an identifier that differentiates between
various types of protocols.
■ Action — Indicates the ACL forwarding action. In addition, the port
can be shut down, a trap can be sent to the network administrator, or
packet is assigned rate limiting restrictions for forwarding. The options
are as follows:
■ Permit — Forwards packets which meet the ACL criteria.
■ Deny — Drops packets which meet the ACL criteria.
■ Shutdown — Drops packet that meets the ACL criteria, and
disables the port to which the packet was addressed. Ports are
reactivated from the
Port Administration Setup Page.
Configuring MAC
Based ACLs
The MAC Based ACL Setup Page allows the network administrator to
create and define rules for MAC-based ACLs.
Monitor users have no access to this page.
To configure MAC-based ACLs:
Click Device > ACL > MAC Based ACL > Setup. The MAC Based ACL
Setup Page opens:
Figure 28 MAC Based ACL Setup Page
The MAC Based ACL Setup Page contains the following fields: