Chapter 16 Ethernet Port Configuration

Figure 123 Ethernet Port Configuration: Protocol VLAN Add

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 89 Ethernet Port Configuration: Protocol VLAN

TABLE

DESCRIPTION

Active

Check this box to activate this protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Port

This read-only field displays the port number to which this protocol VLAN setting is

 

applied.

 

 

Name

Enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters to identify this protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Ethernet-type

Use the drop down list box to select a predefined protocol to be included in this

 

protocol based VLAN or select Others and type the protocol number in

 

hexadecimal notation. For example the IP protocol in hexadecimal notation is

 

0800, and Novell IPX protocol is 8137.

 

Note: Protocols in the hexadecimal number range of 0x0000 to

 

0x05ff are not allowed to be used for protocol based VLANs.

 

 

VID

Enter the ID of a VLAN to which the port belongs. This must be an existing VLAN

 

which you defined in the Advanced Applications, VLAN screens.

 

 

Priority

Select the priority level that the switch will assign to frames belonging to this VLAN.

 

 

OK

Click OK to save the settings and close this screen.

 

 

Close

Click Close to discard all changes and close this screen.

16.11 Port Security

Port security allows only packets with dynamically learned MAC addresses and/or configured static MAC addresses to pass through a port on the switch.

For maximum port security, enable this feature, disable MAC address learning and configure static MAC address(es) for a port. It is not recommended you disable Port Security together with MAC address learning as this will result in many broadcasts. By default, MAC address learning is still enabled even though the port security is not activated.

To open the Port Security screen, right-click on the switch in the Device List Panel, and click Configuration > Ethernet Port > Port Security. Then select a device and the port(s) to which you want to apply this configuration.

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