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IPv6 ACLs 
 lists the IPv6 Access Control Lists (ACL) features supported on Brocade ICX 6650. These 
features are supported in Brocade ICX 6650 that can be configured as an IPv6 host in an IPv6 
network, and in devices that support IPv6 routing. These features are supported in the Layer 2, 
base Layer 3, edge Layer 3, and full Layer 3 software images, except where explicitly noted.
 
This chapter describes how ACLs are implemented and configured on a Brocade device.
IPv6 ACL overview
Brocade devices support IPv6 Access Control Lists (ACLs) for inbound traffic filtering, as detailed in 
. You can configure up to 100 IPv6 ACLs and, by default, up to a system-wide maximum of 
8192 ACL rules.
An IPv6 ACL is composed of one or more conditional statements that pose an action (permit or 
deny) if a packet matches a specified source or destination prefix.  For Brocade ICX 6650, there 
can be up to 2045 total hardware entries. Most IPv6 ACL rules will need 2 hardware entries, and 
some more than 2, per port region, including IPv6, IPv4, MAC address filters, and default 
statements. When the maximum number of ACL rules allowed per port region is reached, an error 
message will display on the console.
The last statement in each IPv6 ACL is an implicit deny statement for all packets that do not match 
the previous statements in the ACL. 
You can configure an IPv6 ACL on a global basis, then apply it to the incoming IPv6 packets on 
specified interfaces. You can apply only one IPv6 ACL to an interface. When an interface receives 
an IPv6 packet, it applies the statements within the ACL in their order of appearance to the packet. 
As soon as a match occurs, the Brocade device takes the specified action (permit or deny the 
packet) and stops further comparison for that packet. 
IPv6 ACLs are supported on:
Gbps Ethernet ports
10 Gbps Ethernet ports
Trunk groups
Virtual routing interfaces
TABLE 17
Supported IPv6 ACL features
Feature
Brocade ICX 6650
IPv6 ACLs
Yes
Applying an IPv6 ACL to an interface
Yes
IPv6 ACL comment text
Yes
IPv6 ACL logging of denied packets
Yes