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Configuring and Monitoring Port Security

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Blocking Unauthorized Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Trunk Group Exclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Planning Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Port Security Command Options and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Displaying Current Port Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Configuring Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Retention of Static Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13

MAC Lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18

Differences Between MAC Lockdown and Port Security . . . . . . . . . 9-20

Deploying MAC Lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

MAC Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

Web: Displaying and Configuring Port Security Features . . . . . . . 9-29

Reading Intrusion Alerts and Resetting Alert Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29

Notice of Security Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29

How the Intrusion Log Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30

Keeping the Intrusion Log Current by Resetting Alert Flags . . . . . . . 9-31

Using the Event Log To Find Intrusion Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35

Web: Checking for Intrusions, Listing Intrusion Alerts, and

Resetting Alert Flags

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Operating Notes for Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37

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