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4.9.6 Multiple Hosts

The Multiple Hosts screen (see figure 4-44) allows network managers to configure advanced port-based

authentication settings for specific ports and VLANs.

Figure 4-44 Multiple Hosts screen

The Page contains the following fields:

• Port#

Displays the port number for which advanced port-based
authentication is enabled.

• Multiple Hosts

Enable

When checked, indicates that multiple hosts are enabled. Multiple
hosts must be enabled in order to either disable the ingress-filter, or to
use port-lock security on the selected port.

• Action on Violation This defines the action to be applied to packets arriving in single-host

mode, from a host whose MAC address is not the supplicant MAC
address. The possible field values are:

• Discard, which discards the packets. This is the default value.

• Forward, by which forwards the packet.

• Discard Disable, discards the packets and shuts down the port.

The ports remains shut down until reactivated, or until the device
is reset.

• Enable Traps

When checked, indicates that traps are enabled for Multiple Hosts

• Trap Frequency

Defines the time period by which traps are sent to the host. The Trap

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