Configuring and Monitoring Port Security

Port Security Command Options and Operation

mined by the current address-limitvalue). For example, suppose port A1 allows two authorized devices, but has only one device in its Authorized Address list:

Although the Address Limit is set to 2, only one device has been authorized for this port. In this case you can add another without having to also increase the Address Limit.

The Address Limit has not been reached.

Figure 9-4. Example of Adding an Authorized Device to a Port

With the above configuration for port A1, the following command adds the 0c0090-456456 MAC address as the second authorized address.

ProCurve(config)# port-security a1 mac-address 0c0090- 456456

After executing the above command, the security configuration for port A1 appears as:

The Address Limit has been reached.

Figure 9-5. Example of Adding a Second Authorized Device to a Port

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