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GigaX2024B L2 Managed Switch User Manual
4.8.4 Port security
The switch also supports port security feature. It enables a systemʼs
administrator to control who can connect to their network. You can use the
port security feature to restrict input to an interface by limiting and identifying
MAC addressed of the stations allowed to access the port. When you assign
secure MAC addresses to a secure port, the port does not forward with source
addresses outside the group of defined addresses. This decreases the possibility
that a non-authorized device can use our network for malicious purposes.
4.8.4.1 Port configuration
The page is used to configure port security configuration.
First, you must select a port by clicking it from the following table. Then, begin
to set the port configuration. Please click
Modify
when youʼre done with the
modifications:
a) Admin: Enable or disable port security feature.
b) Violation Mode: It decides the port behavior when security violation happens.
If “Shutdown” is selected, the port becomes blocking state and system
logs a syslog message, and increments the violation counter. If “Restrict” is
selected, a syslog message is logged, and the violation counter increments.
If “Protect” is selected, you are not notified that a security violation has
occurred.
c) Max MAC Address: The maximum numbers of secure MAC addresses on
this port. It is between 1 and 132 and the total number in the system is 1024.
d) Aging Time: The aging time for this port. After the expiration of the time, the
corresponding dynamic secure MAC address will be removed from secure
MAC address table. The valid range is 0 to 1440(mins). If the time is equal
to 0, the aging mechanism is disabled for this port.
e) Aging Type: The aging type determines the action when the secure MAC
addresses are aged out. If “Absolute” is selected, the secure addresses on
the port are deleted after the specified aging time. If “Inactivity” is selected,
the secure addresses in the port are deleted only if there is no data traffic
from the secure source MAC address for the specified time period.
Click
OK
to make the settings permanent. Click
Reload
to refresh the settings to
current value.
