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Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for the IBM BladeCenter, Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 15 Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control
Configuring Port Security
out of this state by entering the errdisable recovery cause psecure-violation global configuration
command, or you can manually re-enable it by entering the shutdown and no shutdown interface
configuration commands. This is the default mode.
Table 15-1 shows the violation mode and the actions taken when you configure an interface for port
security.
Default Port Security Configuration
Table 15-2 shows the default port security configuration for an interface.
Port Security Configuration Guidelines
Follow these guidelines when configuring port security:
• Port security can only be configured on static access ports.
• A secure port cannot be a dynamic access port or a trunk port.
• A secure port cannot be a destination port for Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN).
• A secure port cannot belong to a Fast EtherChannel or Gigabit EtherChannel port group.
• You cannot configure static secure or sticky secure MAC addresses on a voice VLAN.
• When you enable port security on an interface that is also configured with a voice VLAN, you must
set the maximum allowed secure addresses on the port to at least two plus the maximum number of
secure addresses allowed on the access VLAN. When the port is connected to a Cisco IP phone, the
Table 15-1 Security Violation Mode Actions
Violation Mode
Traffic is
forwarded
1
1. Packets with unknown source addresses are dropped until you remove a sufficient number of secure MAC addresses.
Sends SNMP
trap
Sends syslog
message
Displays error
message
2
2. The switch will return an error message if you manually configure an address that would cause a security violation.
Violation
counter
increments Shuts down port
protect No No No No No No
restrict No Yes Yes No Yes No
shutdown No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Table 15-2 Default Port Security Configuration
Feature Default Setting
Port security Disabled.
Maximum number of secure MAC addresses One.
Violation mode Shutdown.
Sticky address learning Disabled.
Port security aging Disabled. Aging time is 0. When enabled, the default
type is absolute.