Dell EMC Networking OS Configuration Guide for the S5048F–ON System 9.14.2.8

Implementing ACLs on Dell EMC Networking OS

You can assign one IP ACL per interface. If you do not assign an IP ACL to an interface, it is not used by the software.

The number of entries allowed per ACL is hardware-dependent.

If counters are enabled on ACL rules that are already configured, those counters are reset when a new rule which is inserted or prepended or appended requires a hardware shift in the flow table. Resetting the counters to 0 is transient as the proginal counter values are retained after a few seconds. If there is no need to shift the flow in the hardware, the counters are not affected. This is applicable to the following features:

• L2 Ingress Access list
• L2 Egress Access list

In the Dell EMC Networking OS versions prior to 9.13(0.0), the system does not install any of your ACL rules if the available CAM space is lesser than what is required for your set of ACL rules. Effective with the Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.13(0.0), the system installs your ACL rules until all the allocated CAM memory is used. If there is no implicit permit in your rule, the Dell EMC Networking OS ensures that an implicit deny is installed at the end of your rule. This behavior is applicable for IPv4 and IPv6 ingress and egress ACLs.