Acl and qos, Overview, Acl overview – H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches User Manual

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ACL and QoS

NOTE:

Unless otherwise stated, ACLs refer to both IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs throughout this document..

Overview

ACL overview

An access control list (ACL) is a set of rules (or permit or deny statements) for identifying traffic based on
criteria such as source IP address, destination IP address, and port number.
ACLs are essentially used for packet filtering. A packet filter drops packets that match a deny rule and

permits packets that match a permit rule. ACLs are also widely used by many modules, for example, QoS

and IP routing, for traffic identification.
ACLs fall into the following categories.

Table 111 ACL categories

Category

ACL number

IP version

Match criteria

Basic ACLs

2000 to 2999

IPv4

Source IPv4 address

IPv6

Source IPv6 address

Advanced ACLs 3000 to 3999

IPv4

Source/destination IPv4 address, protocols over
IPv4, and other Layer 3 and Layer 4 header fields

IPv6

Source/destination IPv6 address, protocols over
IPv6, and other Layer 3 and Layer 4 header fields

Ethernet frame
header ACLs

4000 to 4999

IPv4 and
IPv6

Layer 2 header fields, such as source and
destination MAC addresses, 802.1p priority, and
link layer protocol type

NOTE:

For more information about ACLs, see

H3C WX3000E Wired-Wireless Switch Switching Engine

Configuration Guide.

QoS overview

Quality of Service (QoS) is a concept concerning service demand and supply. It reflects the ability to
meet customer needs. Generally, QoS does not focus on grading services precisely, but on improving

services under certain conditions.
In the internet, QoS refers to the ability of the network to forward packets. The evaluation on QoS of a

network can be based on different aspects because the network may provide various services. Generally,

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