Cabletron Systems EMM-E6 manual Security on Non-LANVIEWSECURE MIMs, Forced non-secure status

Security

Forced non-secure status

With the original version of LANVIEWSECURE, all ports except those which had been forced to trunk status could be locked, and would be locked automatically if locking were enabled at the repeater or module level. With the enhanced version of LANVIEWSECURE, this has changed in two ways: first, any port which has more than 35 addresses in its source address table (or exactly 35 addresses through two consecutive aging times) is automatically considered unsecurable and cannot be locked while in this state; and second, you can force any port into this unsecurable state (as long as it is not already locked).

Learned addresses reset

By selecting the Reset Learned Addresses option in the repeater-, board-, or port- level Security window, you can clear all learned and secured addresses out of the selected port(s) address table, and allow that port to begin learning (and securing) new addresses. Note that you cannot reset learned addresses on a locked port or on a port which is designated unsecurable.

NOTE

You cannot reset learned addresses or force non-secure status on a port which is already locked; in order to implement either of those features, you must first unlock the port.

Security on Non-LANVIEWSECUREMIMs

LANVIEWSECURE features as described above apply in total only to repeater MIMs designated as LANVIEWSECURE (as indicated by a label on the front panel and an “S” appended to the module name) and apply only to ports communicating via FNB channels B or C. Some of the enhanced security features, however, will apply to all MIMs installed in your EMM-E6-controlled hub, regardless of their channel assignment or LANVIEWSECURE status:

New definitions for station and trunk ports

All ports in your EMM-E6-controlled hub will be defined as station or trunk ports according to the new definitions: station ports are those detecting zero, one, or two source addresses; trunk ports are those detecting three or more.

Secure address assignment

Up to two source addresses detected on any station port are still automatically secured, and you can still accept or replace these default addresses. However, you cannot assign more than two secure addresses to any port (as there is no floating cache available), and neither natural nor forced trunk ports will ever be locked while in a trunk state.

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