110Chapter 3 Using the console interface

Table 16 MAC Address Security Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field

Description

 

 

 

Partition Port on Intrusion

This field value determines how the switch reacts to an intrusion event. When

Detected:

an intrusion even is detected (see MAC Address Security field description)

 

the specified switch port is set to Disabled (partitioned from other switch

 

ports).

 

 

When the field is set to:

 

• Disabled - the port remains enabled, even if an intrusion event is

 

detected.

 

 

• Enabled - the port becomes disabled, then automatically resets to

 

enabled depending on the value set in the Partition Time field.

 

• Forever - the port becomes disabled, and remains disabled (partitioned).

 

The Partition Time field cannot be used automatically reset the port to

 

Enabled if you set this field to Forever.

 

You can always manually set the port’s status field to Enabled using the Port

 

Configuration screen (see “Port Configuration screen” on page 129).

 

Default

Disabled

 

Range

Disabled, Enabled, Forever

 

 

Partition Time

This field appears only when the Partition Port on Intrusion Detected field is

 

set to enabled. This field determines the length of time a partitioned port

 

remains disabled. This field is not operational when the Partition Port on

 

Intrusion Detected field is set to Forever.

 

Default

0 seconds (the value 0 indicates forever)

 

Range

0-65536 seconds

 

 

DA Filtering on Intrusion

When set to Enabled, this field isolates the intruding node by filtering

Detected:

(discarding) packets sent to that MAC address.

 

Default

Disabled

 

Range

Disabled, Enabled

 

 

Generate SNMP Trap on

When set to enabled and a MAC intrusion event is detected, the software

Intrusion

issues an SNMP trap message to all registered SNMP trap addresses (see

 

“SNMP Configuration screen” on page 99).

 

Default

Disabled

 

Range

Disabled, Enabled

 

 

 

209418-A

Page 110
Image 110
Nortel Networks 1000BASE-LX Field Description Partition Port on Intrusion, Detected, Partition Time, Generate Snmp Trap on