Configuration Prerequisites; Configuration Procedure - HP 3600 v2 Series Configuration Manual

IMPORTANT:
When the maximum number of secure MAC address entries is reached, the port changes to secure mode,
and no more secure MAC addresses can be added or learned. The port allows only frames sourced from
a secure MAC address or a MAC address configured by using the mac-address dynamic or mac-address
static command to pass through.
Secure MAC addresses fall into static, sticky and dynamic secure MAC addresses.
Table 14 A comparison of static, sticky, and dynamic secure MAC addresses
Type
Static
Sticky
Dynamic

Configuration prerequisites

• Enable port security.
Set port security's limit on the number of MAC addresses on the port. Perform this task before you
•
enable autoLearn mode.
• Set the port security mode to autoLearn.

Configuration procedure

To configure a secure MAC address:
Address sources Aging mechanism
Not available.
They never age out unless you manually remove
Manually added
them, change the port security mode, or disable
the port security feature.
Sticky MAC addresses by default do not age
out, but you can configure an aging timer or use
the aging timer together with the inactivity aging
Manually added or
function to delete old sticky MAC addresses:
automatically learned
•
when the dynamic
secure MAC function
(port-security
mac-address
•
dynamic) is disabled.
Converted from sticky
MAC addresses or
automatically learned
Same as sticky MAC addresses.
after the dynamic
secure MAC function
is enabled.
If only an aging timer is configured, the
aging timer counts up regardless of whether
traffic data has been sent from the sticky
MAC address.
If both an aging timer and the inactivity
aging function are configured, the aging
timer restarts once traffic data is detected
from the sticky MAC address.
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Can be saved and
survive a device
reboot?
Yes.
Yes.
The secure MAC aging
timer restarts at a
reboot.
No.
All dynamic secure
MAC addresses are
lost at reboot.