Traffic/Security Filters (ProCurve Series 2600/2600-PWR and 2800 Switches)

Using Source-Port Filters

Using Named Source-Port Filters

This feature is available only on the Series 2600 and 2600-PWR switches.

Named source-port filters are filters that may be used on multiple ports and port trunks. As with regular source-port filters, a port or port trunk can only have one source-port filter, but this new capability enables you to define a source-port filter once and apply it to multiple ports and port trunks. This can make it easier to configure and manage source-port filters on your switch. The commands to define, configure, apply, and display the status of named source-port filters are described below.

Operating Rules for Named Source-Port Filters

A port or port trunk may only have one source-port filter, named or not named.

A named source-port filter can be applied to multiple ports or port trunks.

Once a named source-port filter is defined, subsequent changes only modify its action, they don’t replace it.

To change the named source-port filter used on a port or port trunk, the current filter must first be removed, using the no filter source-portnamed-filter<filter-name > command.

A named source-port filter can only be deleted when it is not applied to any ports.

Defining and Configuring Named Source-Port Filters

The named source-port filter command operates from the global configuration level.

Syntax: [no] filter source-port named-filter <filter-name>

Defines or deletes a named source-port filter. The filter-namemay contain a maximum of 20 alpha-numeric characters (longer names may be specified, but they are not displayed). A filter-namecannot be a valid port or port trunk name.

The maximum number of named source-port filters that can be used is equal to the number of ports on a switch.

A named source-port filter can only be removed if it is not in use (use the show filter source-portcommand to check the status). Named source-port filters are not automatically deleted when they are no longer used.

Use the no option to delete an unused named source-port filter.

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