Configuring and Monitoring Port Security

Port Security Command Options and Operation

Parameter Description

Action action <none send-alarm send-disable>

Specifies whether an SNMP trap is sent to a network management station when Learn Mode is set to static and the port detects an unauthorized device, or when Learn Mode is set to continuous and there is an address change on a port.

None (the default): Prevents an SNMP trap from being sent.

Send Alarm: Causes the switch to send an SNMP trap to a network management station.

Send Alarm and Disable: Available only in the static learn-mode. Causes the switch to send an SNMP trap to a network management station and disable the port. If you subsequently re-enable the port without clearing the port’s intrusion flag, the port will block further intruders, but the switch will not disable the port again until you reset the intrusion flag. See the Note on 7-17.

For information on configuring the switch for SNMP management, refer to the Management and Configuration Guide for your switch.

Clear- clear-intrusion-flag

Intrusion- Clears the intrusion flag for a specific port. (See “Reading Intrusion Alerts and Resetting Alert Flags” on page

Flag 7-15.)

Retention of Static Addresses

Learned Addresses. In the following two cases, a port in Static learn mode retains a learned MAC address even if you later reboot the switch or disable port security for that port:

The port learns a MAC address after you configure the port for Static learn mode in both the startup-config file and the running-config file (by executing the write memory command).

The port learns a MAC address after you configure the port for Static learn mode in only the running-config file and, after the address is learned, you execute write memory to configure the startup-config file to match the running-config file.

To remove an address learned using either of the preceding methods, do one of the following:

Delete the address by using no port-security < port-number> mac­ address < mac-addr>.

Download a configuration file that does not include the unwanted MAC address assignment.

Reset the switch to its factory-default configuration.

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