Meru Technical Note - How do you import a bulk ACL for MAC Filtering onto the controller?

Description

How do you import a bulk ACL for MAC Filtering onto the controller?

Scope

KB ARTICLE TYPE: Troubleshooting

RELATED PRODUCTS: N/A

RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: N/A

KEYWORDS: MAC address, AC list, denyacl

Solution
Create a text file listing all the MAC addresses when creating the text file to be imported, only. Include one MAC address, in hexadecimal format (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx), per line.

For example, the contents of a text file to be imported might look like this:

00:04:23:87:89:71
00:06:25:a7:e9:11
00:07:e9:15:69:40
00:0c:30:be:f8:19

After creating a text file, you must transfer the file to the controller into the /opt/meru/images directory. From the Meru CLI, use the copy command to transfer the file to the controller. Check that the file has been copied using the dir command.

The following shows the command to import a text file named denyacl that adds the MAC addresses to the deny ACL list:

mc1100 (config) # access-list deny import denyacl

The following shows the command to import a text file named permitacl that adds the MAC addresses to the deny ACL list:

mc1100 (config) # access-list permit import permitacl