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Ordering Filter Entries
When entries are created, they should be arranged sequentially from the most explicit entry to the
least explicit entry. Filter matching ceases when a packet matches an entry. The entry action is
performed on the packet. To be considered a match, the packet must meet all the match criteria
defined in the entry.
Packets are compared to entries in a filter policy in an ascending entry ID order. To reorder entries
in a filter policy, edit the entry ID value; for example, to reposition entry ID 6 to a more explicit
location, change the entry ID
6 value to entry ID 2 using the renum filter policy command.
When a filter consists of a single entry, the filter executes actions as follows:
• If a packet matches all the entry criteria, the entry’s specified action is performed (drop or
forward).
• If a packet does not match all of the entry criteria, the policy’s default action is performed.
If a filter policy contains two or more entries, packets are compared in ascending entry ID order (1,
2, 3 or 10, 20, 30, etc.):
• Packets are compared with the criteria in the first entry ID (the lowest numberical entry ID
value).
• If a packet matches all the match criteria defined in the entry, the entry’s specified action is
executed.
• If a packet does not match, the packet continues to the next entry, and so on until a match
is found or until all entries are compared.
• If a packet does not completely match any entries, then the default action is performed.