Chapter 19 Port Security
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Figure 179 Advanced Application > Port Security (Stacking Mode)
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 83 Advanced Application > Port Security
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Port List Enter the number of the ports (separated by a comma) on which you want to enable port
security and disable MAC address learning. In stacking mode, the first number represents the
slot and the second the port number. Enter 1/1–1/24,2/23 for ports 1 to 24 for the Switch in slot 1
and port 23 for the Switch in slot 2, for example. After you click MAC freeze, all previously
learned MAC addresses on the specified ports will become static MAC addresses and display
in the Static MAC Forwarding screen.
MAC freeze Click MAC freeze to have the Switch automatically select the Active check boxes and clear
the Address Learning check boxes only for the ports specified in the Port List.
Active Select this option to enable port security on the Switch.
SLOT This field appears only in stacking mode. Click the drop-down list to choose the slot number of
the Switch in a stack.
Port This field displays the port number. In stacking mode, the first number represents the slot ID and
the second is the port number. Please note that the default stacking ports (the last two ports of
your Switch) cannot be configured. They are reserved for stacking only.
* Settings in this row apply to all ports.
Use this row only if you want to make some of the settings the same for all ports. Use this row first
to set the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port basis.
Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you make them.
Active Select this check box to enable the port security feature on this port. The Switch forwards
packets whose MAC addresses is in the MAC address table on this port. Packets with no
matching MAC addresses are dropped.
Clear this check box to disable the port security feature. The Switch forwards all packets on this
port.