Enabling port security – H3C Technologies H3C S12500-X Series Switches User Manual

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Enabling port security

Before you enable port security, disable 802.1X and MAC authentication globally.
When port security is enabled, you cannot enable 802.1X or MAC authentication, or change the access

control mode or port authorization state. The port security automatically modifies these settings in

different security modes.
To enable port security:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enable port security.

port-security enable

By default, port security is
disabled.

You can use the undo port-security enable command to disable port security. Because it logs off the

online users, make sure no online users are present.
Enabling or disabling port security resets the following security settings to the default:

802.1X access control mode is MAC-based, and the port authorization state is auto.

Port security mode is noRestrictions.

For more information about 802.1X authentication and MAC authentication configuration, see

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807H

Configuring 802.1X

" and "

808H

Configuring MAC authentication

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Setting port security's limit on the number of secure

MAC addresses on a port

You can set the maximum number of secure MAC addresses that port security allows on a port for the
following purposes:

Controlling the number of concurrent users on the port. For a port operating in a security mode that
performs MAC authentication, 802.1X authentication, or both, the maximum number of concurrent

users on the port equals this limit or the limit of the authentication mode in use, whichever is smaller.

Controlling the number of secure MAC addresses on the port in autoLearn mode.

The port security's limit on the number of secure MAC addresses on a port is independent of the MAC

learning limit described in MAC address table configuration in Layer 2—LAN Switching Configuration
Guide
.
To set the maximum number of secure MAC addresses allowed on a port:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter interface view.

interface interface-type
interface-number

N/A

3.

Set the maximum number of
secure MAC addresses

allowed on a port.

port-security max-mac-count
count-value

By default, port security does not
limit the number of secure MAC

addresses on a port.

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