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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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Chapter 19 Troubleshooting FC-SP, Port Security, and Fabric Binding
Port Security Issues
Disabling Autolearn Using Fabric Manager
To disable autolearn using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1
Choose
Fabric
xx
> VSAN
xx
> Port Security
and select the
Actions
tab.
Step 2
Select
activate(TurnLearning off)
from the Action drop-down menu, and click
Apply Changes
to copy
the configure database to the active database and reactivate port security.
Step 3
Select the
CFS
tab, if CFS is enabled, and select
commit
from the ConfigAction drop-down menu to
distribute these changes to all switches in the fabric.
Step 4
Copy the running configuration to the startup configuration, using the fabric option. This saves the port
security configure database to the startup configuration on all switches in the fabric.
Disabling Autolearn Using the CLI
To disable autolearn using the CLI, follow these steps:
Step 1
Use the
no port-security auto-learn
command to disable autolearn.
switch#
no port-security auto-learn vsan 2
Step 2
Use the
port-security database copy
command to copy the active database to the configure database.
This ensures that no learned entries are lost.
switch#
port-security database copy vsan 2
Step 3
If CFS distribution is enabled, use the
port-security commit
command to distribute these changes.
switch(config)#
port-security commit vsan 2
Step 4
Copy the running configuration to the startup configuration, using the fabric option. This saves the port
security configure database to the startup configuration on all switches in the fabric.
Port Security Settings Lost After Reboot
Symptom
Port security settings were lost after a reboot.
Table 19-7
Port Security Settings Lost After Reboot
Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution
Port security settings
were lost after a
reboot.
Autolearn entries not saved to
configure database and to startup
configuration.
See the
“Disabling Autolearn Using Fabric Manager”
section on page 19-13
or the
“Disabling Autolearn Using
the CLI” section on page 19-13
.