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Traffic/Security Filters
Traffic/Security Filters
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
configure source-port filters none n/a page 9-35 n/a
configure protocol filters none n/a page 9-35 n/a
configure multicast filters none n/a page 9-35 n/a
display filter data n/a n/a page 9-36 n/a
From the CLI you can enhance in-band security and bandwidth usage by
configuring static filters on the switch to either forward (the default) or drop
inbound traffic meeting the filter criteria, as described in table
9-9.
Table 9-9. Filter Types and Criteria
Static Filter
Type
Selection Criteria
Multicast Inbound traffic having a specified multicast MAC address will be forwarded to
outbound ports (the default) or dropped on a per-port (destination) basis.
Protocol Inbound traffic having the selected frame (protocol) type will be forwarded or
dropped on a per-port (destination) basis.
Source-Port Inbound traffic from a designated source-port will be forwarded or dropped on
a per-port (destination) basis.
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