HP ProCurve W.14.03 Figure 13-10.MAC Lockdown Deployed At the Network Edge Provides Security

Configuring and Monitoring Port Security

MAC Lockdown

		Internal					Server “A”
			Core	ProCurve	ProCurve
	Network			Switch		Switch
There is no need to
lock MAC addresses
on switches in the
internal core network.				ProCurve	ProCurve
				Switch		Switch

Network Edge

Lock Server “A” to these ports.

Switch 1 Switch 1

Edge Devices

Mixed Users

Figure 13-10. MAC Lockdown Deployed At the Network Edge Provides Security

Basic MAC Lockdown Deployment. In the Model Network Topology shown above, the switches that are connected to the edge of the network each have one and only one connection to the core network. This means each switch has only one path by which data can travel to Server A. You can use MAC Lockdown to specify that all traffic intended for Server A’s MAC Address must go through the one port on the edge switches. That way, users on the edge can still use other network resources, but they cannot “spoof” Server A and hijack data traffic which is intended for that server alone.

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