Chapter 16 Ethernet Port Configuration

Figure 124 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Security

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 90 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Security

TABLE

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to enable the port security feature on selected ports.

 

 

Address Learning

MAC address learning reduces outgoing broadcast traffic. For MAC address

 

learning to occur on a port, the port itself must be active with address learning

 

enabled. Select the Address Learning check box.

 

 

Limited Number

Use this field to limit the number of (dynamic) MAC addresses that may be learned

of Learned MAC

on a port. For example, if you set this field to "5" on port 2, then only the devices

Address

with these five learned MAC addresses may access port 2 at any one time. A sixth

 

device would have to wait until one of the five learned MAC addresses aged out.

 

MAC-address aging out time can be set in the Switch Setup screen. The valid

 

range is from 0 to 16K. 0 means this feature is disabled, so the switch will learn

 

MAC addresses up to the global limit of 16K.

 

 

MAC Freeze

Click MAC Freeze to convert all current dynamic MAC addresses to static MAC

 

addresses. When you click the MAC Freeze button, the MAC Address Learning

 

check box is cleared but port security becomes Active.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes.

 

 

16.12 Bandwidth Control

Bandwidth control means defining a maximum allowable bandwidth for incoming and/or outgoing traffic flows on a port.

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

 

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