This table maintains a list of EtherType Access Control Lists in the IPDSLAM. Each Access Control List is made up of a group of access rules. The access rules are stored in the etherTypeAclRuleTable. This table is used to add/delete EtherType Access Control Lists.

ACL's are statements which are called rules of ACL that are grouped together by a number. Within this group of statements, when a packet is processed by an ACL on the IPDSLAM, the IPDSLAM will go through certain steps in finding a match against the ACL statements. ACL's are processed top-down by the IPDSLAM. Using a top-down approach, a packet is compared to the first statement in the ACL, and if the IPDSLAM finds a match between the packet and the statement, the IPDSLAM will execute one of two actions included with the statement:

- Permit - Deny

If the IPDSLAM doesn't find a match of packet contents to the first ACL statement, the IPDSLAM will proceed to the next statement in the list, again going through the same matching process If there isn't a match on this statement, the IPDSLAM will keep on going through the list until it finds a match. If the IPDSLAM goes through the entire list and doesn't find a match, the IPDSLAM will drop the packet.

If there is a match on a statement, no further statements are processed. Therefore, the order of the statements is very important in an ACL.

Valid from: EDA 2.2 SP2