Features That Affect MLS

This section describes how certain features affect MLS.

Access Lists

The following sections describe how access lists affect MLS.

Input Access Lists

Router interfaces with input access lists cannot participate in MLS. If you configure an input access list on an interface, all packets for a flow that are destined for that interface go through the router (even if the flow is allowed by the router, it is not Layer 3 switched). Existing flows for that interface get purged and no new flows are cached.

Note

Any input access list can be translated to an output access list to provide the same effect on the interface.

Output Access Lists

If an output access list is applied to an interface, the MLS cache entries for that interface ...

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