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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter 1 Configuring the Transparent or Routed Firewall
Monitoring the Transparent Firewall
Disabling MAC Address Learning
By default, each interface automatically learns the MAC addresses of entering traffic, and the ASA adds
corresponding entries to the MAC address table. You can disable MAC address learning if desired,
however, unless you statically add MAC addresses to the table, no traffic can pass through the ASA.
To disable MAC address learning, enter the following command:
Monitoring the Transparent Firewall
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Monitoring ARP Inspection, page 1-13
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Monitoring the MAC Address Table, page 1-13
Monitoring ARP Inspection
To monitor ARP inspection, perform the following task:
Monitoring the MAC Address Table
You can view the entire MAC address table (including static and dynamic entries for both interfaces), or
you can view the MAC address table for an interface. To view the MAC address table, enter the following
command:
Examples
The following is sample output from the
show mac-address-table
command that shows the entire table:
hostname#
show mac-address-table
interface
mac address
type
Time Left
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
outside
0009.7cbe.2100
static
-
inside
0010.7cbe.6101
static
-
inside
0009.7cbe.5101
dynamic
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Command
Purpose
mac-learn
interface_name
disable
Example:
hostname(config)# mac-learn inside disable
Disables MAC address learning.
The
no
form of this command reenables MAC address learning. The
clear
configure mac-learn
command reenables MAC address learning on all
interfaces.
Command
Purpose
show arp-inspection
Shows the current settings for ARP inspection on all interfaces.
Command
Purpose
show mac-address-table
[
interface_name
]
Shows the MAC address table.
Summary of Contents for 5505 - ASA Firewall Edition Bundle
Page 28: ...Glossary GL 24 Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide ...
Page 61: ...P A R T 1 Getting Started with the ASA ...
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Page 219: ...P A R T 2 Configuring High Availability and Scalability ...
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Page 403: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Interfaces ...
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Page 499: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Basic Settings ...
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Page 533: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Objects and Access Lists ...
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Page 601: ...P A R T 2 Configuring IP Routing ...
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Page 745: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Network Address Translation ...
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Page 845: ...P A R T 2 Configuring AAA Servers and the Local Database ...
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Page 981: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Access Control ...
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Page 1061: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Service Policies Using the Modular Policy Framework ...
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Page 1093: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Application Inspection ...
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Page 1191: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Unified Communications ...
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Page 1333: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Connection Settings and QoS ...
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Page 1379: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Advanced Network Protection ...
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Page 1475: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Modules ...
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Page 1549: ...P A R T 2 Configuring VPN ...
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Page 1965: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Logging SNMP and Smart Call Home ...
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Page 2059: ...P A R T 2 System Administration ...
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Page 2099: ...P A R T 2 Reference ...
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