Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 639)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section IV: Port Security 639
port has already learned its maximum number of dynamic MAC
addresses. A switch port can have up to 255 dynamic and static MAC
addresses.
Secured
The Secured security level instructs a port to forward frames using only
static MAC address. The port does not learn any dynamic MAC addresses
and deletes any dynamic addressees that it has already learned. Only
those end nodes whose MAC addresses have been entered as static
addresses are able to forward frames through the port.
After you have activated this security level, you must enter the static MAC
addresses of the end nodes that will be allowed to forward frames through
the port.
Locked
The Locked security level causes a port to immediately stop learning new
dynamic MAC addresses. Frames are forwarded using the dynamic MAC
addresses that the port has already learned and any static MAC
addresses assigned to the port.
Dynamic MAC addresses learned by the port prior to the activation of this
security level never time out from the MAC address table, even when the
corresponding end nodes are inactive. However, the port does not learn
new dynamic addresses.
You can continue to add new static MAC addresses to a port operating
under this security level.
Note
For background information on MAC addresses and aging time,
refer to “MAC Address Overview” on page 672.
Security
Violations and
Intrusion Actions
When a port receives an invalid frame, it has to decide what action it takes.
This is what is referred to as intrusion action.
Before defining the intrusion actions, it helps to understand what
constitutes an invalid frame. This differs for each security level, as
explained here:
ˆ Limited Security Level - An invalid frame for this security level is an
ingress frame with a source MAC address not already learned by a
port after the port had reached its maximum number of dynamic MAC
addresses, or that was not assigned to the port as a static address.
ˆ Secured Security Level - An invalid frame for this security level is an
ingress frame with a source MAC address that was not entered as a
static address on the port.
ˆ Locked - An invalid frame for this security level is an ingress frame with
a source MAC address that the port has not already learned or that
was not assigned as a static address.