Creates a user-defined protocol filter.
| filter | Specifies a protocol filter. |
| filter_name | Specifies a protocol filter name. The protocol filter name can have a maximum of 31 characters. |
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Protocol-based VLANs enable you to define packet filters that the switch can use as the matching criteria to determine if a particular packet belongs to a particular This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, 5320, 5420, 5520 series switches..
After you create the protocol, you must configure it using the configure protocol command. To assign it to a VLAN, use the configure {vlan} vlan_name protocol {filter} filter_name command.
The following command creates a protocol named "my_filter", and a protocol filter named "my_other_filter":
create protocol “my_filter” create protocol filter “my_other_filter”
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
The filter keyword was added in ExtremeXOS 15.5.
This command is available on ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, 5320, 5420, and 5520 series switches.