Instruction Manual
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Change the Switch settings
This screen shows the Port Security status. Port Security is a module with no direct
configuration. Configuration comes indirectly from the user modules. When a user
module has enabled port security on a port, the port is set up for software-based
learning. In this mode, frames from unknown MAC addresses are passed on the port
security module, which in turn asks all user modules whether to allow this new MAC
address to forward or block it. For a MAC address to be set in the forwarding state,
all enabled user modules must unanimously agree on allowing the MAC address
to forward. If only one chooses to block it, it will be blocked until that user module
decides otherwise. The status page is divided into two sections: one with a legend of
user modules and one with the actual port status.
You can access the screen by clicking
Monitor
>
Security
>
Network
>
Port Security
>
Switch
.
Menu option
Description
User Module Legend
User Module Name
The full name of a module that may request Port Security
services.
Abbr
A one-letter abbrevation of the user module. This is used in
the Users column in the port status table.
Port Status
Port
The port number that the status applies to. Click the port
number to see the status for this paritcular port.
Users
Each of the user modules has a column that shows whether
that module has enabled Port Security or not. A “-” means
that the corresponding user module is not enabled. A letter
indicates that the user module abbreviated by that letter has
enabled port security.
State
Shows the current state of the port. It can take one of four
values:
Disabled: No user modules are currently using the Port
Security Service.
Ready: The Port Security service is in use by at least one user
module, and is awaiting frames from unknown MAC addresses
to arrive.
