Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls, Port Trunking, and Filters

Traffic/Security Filters

Traffic/Security Filters

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

configure source-port filters

none

n/a

page 9-35

n/a

configure protocol filters

none

n/a

page 9-35

n/a

configure multicast filters

none

n/a

page 9-35

n/a

display filter data

n/a

n/a

page 9-36

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

From the CLI you can enhance in-band security and bandwidth usage by configuring static filters on the switch to either forward (the default) or drop inbound traffic meeting the filter criteria, as described in table 9-9.

Table 9-9. Filter Types and Criteria

Static Filter

Selection Criteria

Type

 

 

 

Multicast

Inbound traffic having a specified multicast MAC address will be forwarded to

 

outbound ports (the default) or dropped on a per-port (destination) basis.

Protocol

Inbound traffic having the selected frame (protocol) type will be forwarded or

 

dropped on a per-port (destination) basis.

Source-Port

Inbound traffic from a designated source-port will be forwarded or dropped on

 

a per-port (destination) basis.

 

 

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