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Creating and managing IP filters

IP filters are used to manage traffic and, in some cases, to provide security. Each filter set includes match conditions (a list of filter records defining the match criteria) and actions (forward, drop, prioritize, mirror, modify DS field, modify IEEE 802.1p priority, or prevent incoming TCP connections) to be performed when a match condition is satisfied.

You can use Passport Device Manager to configure IP filtering supported on a Passport 8000 Series chassis, as described in the following sections:

• Filter characteristics
• Managing filters
• Controlling filters
• Editing Diffserv information
• Building global filter sets
• Building source and destination filter sets
• Editing filtered ports

• Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Switch, Release 3.1 for information about filters