Protocol Filters

Both L2PT and protocol filtering allow you to tunnel or filter many protocols on an interface. For this purpose, ExtremeXOS supports creating protocol filters. A protocol filter contains a number of protocols to which you can apply some action (like tunneling and filtering). Each protocol in a protocol filter is defined using the following fields:
For example, use the following command to create a protocol filter that includes LACP and EFM OAM:
# Create a protocol filter 
create protocol filter my_slow_protocols_filter

# Add LACP to the protocol filter
configure protocol filter my_slow_protocols_filteradd dest-mac 
01:80:C2:00:00:02 etype 0x8809 field offset 14 value 01 mask FF

# Add EFM OAM to the protocol filter
configure protocol filter my_slow_protocols_filteradd dest-mac 
01:80:C2:00:00:02 etype 0x8809 field offset 14 value 03 mask FF
The following validity checks are performed when a protocol is added to a protocol filter:
Note

Note

Protocol filters may be used with features other than L2PT and protocol filtering (for example, Protocol Based VLANs). The validity tests listed above are only the ones relevant to L2PT and protocol filtering.
Protocol filters for the following protocols are created automatically by the switch when the switch is set to default configuration: