HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide - Release 4. - Page 967

Chapter 39 Configuring Port Security Enabling Port Security Send documentation comments to [email protected] Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Activate port security on each VSAN. This turns on auto-learning by default. See the "Activating Port Security" section on page 39-5. Disable auto-learn on each VSAN. See the "Disabling Auto-learning" section on page 39-8. Copy the running configuration to the startup configuration This saves the port security configure database to the startup configuration. Repeat Step 1 through Step 5 for all switches in the fabric. Enabling Port Security By default, the port security feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. To enable port security, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Command Purpose switch# config t Enters configuration mode. switch(config)# feature port-security Enables port security on that switch. switch(config)# no feature port-security Disables (default) port security on that switch. Port Security Activation This section includes the following topics: • Activating Port Security, page 39-5 • Database Activation Rejection, page 39-6 • Forcing Port Security Activation, page 39-6 • Database Reactivation, page 39-7 Activating Port Security To activate the port security feature, follow these steps: Step 1 Command switch# config t switch(config)# Purpose Enters configuration mode. OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 39-5