Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 46 Configuring Port Security
Database Interaction
• Port Security Database Cleanup, page 46-23
Database Scenarios
Figure 46-9 depicts various scenarios to depict the active database and the configuration database status
based on port security configurations.
Port Security Database Scenarios
CLI
Switch 1
config Database
99301
<pwwn1, fwwn1>
<pwwn2, fwwn2>
<pwwn3, fwwn3>
active Database
EMPTY
Configuring authorized ports
Switch 1
config Database
<pwwn1, fwwn1>
<pwwn2, fwwn2>
<pwwn3, fwwn3>
<pwwn4, fwwn4>
<pwwn5, fwwn5>
active Database
Saving the configuration (copy running start)
Activating the
database
<pwwn1, fwwn1>
<pwwn2, fwwn2>
<pwwn3, fwwn3>s
Note:
Learned entries
are not saved
in the startup
configuration.
Switch 1
config Database
<pwwn1, fwwn1>
<pwwn2, fwwn2>
<pwwn3, fwwn3>
active Database
Learning entries (pwwn4/5 already logged in)
<pwwn1, fwwn1>
<pwwn2, fwwn2>
<pwwn3, fwwn3>
<pwwn4, fwwn4>
<pwwn5, fwwn5>
Note:
Learned entries
are saved in
the active
database.
Switch 1
config Database
<pwwn1, fwwn1>
<pwwn2, fwwn2>
<pwwn3, fwwn3>
<pwwn4, fwwn4>
<pwwn5, fwwn5>
active Database
Copying active database to config database
<pwwn1, fwwn1>
<pwwn2, fwwn2>
<pwwn3, fwwn3>
<pwwn4, fwwn4>
<pwwn5, fwwn5>
learned entires
learned entires