SMC Networks SMC8624/48T manual Status Disabled Action None Maximum Addresses

AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS

Default Setting

Status: Disabled

Action: None

Maximum Addresses: 0

Command Mode

Interface Configuration (Ethernet)

Command Usage

•If you enable port security, the switch will stop dynamically learning new addresses on the specified port. Only incoming traffic with source addresses already stored in the dynamic or static address table will be accepted.

•To use port security, first allow the switch to dynamically learn the <source MAC address, VLAN> pair for frames received on a port for an initial training period, and then enable port security to stop address learning. Be sure you enable the learning function long enough to ensure that all valid VLAN members have been registered on the selected port.

•To add new VLAN members at a later time, you can manually add secure addresses with the mac-address-table static command, or turn off port security to re-enable the learning function long enough for new VLAN members to be registered. Learning may then be disabled again, if desired, for security.

•A secure port has the following restrictions:

-Cannot use port monitoring.

-Cannot be a multi-VLAN port.

-Cannot be connected to a network interconnection device.

-Cannot be a trunk port.

•If a port is disabled due to a security violation, it must be manually re-enabled using the no shutdown command.

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