About Port Security - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

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Configuring Port Security
All switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provide port security features that reject intrusion attempts
and report these intrusions to the administrator.
Port security is only supported for Fibre Channel ports.
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About Port Security

Typically, any Fibre Channel device in a SAN can attach to any SAN switch port and access SAN
services based on zone membership. Port security features prevent unauthorized access to a switch port
in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family in the following ways:
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
About Port Security, page 37-1
Port Security Configuration Guidelines, page 37-3
Enabling Port Security, page 37-5
Activating Port Security, page 37-5
About Enabling Auto-learning, page 37-7
Port Security Manual Configuration, page 37-10
Port Security Configuration Distribution, page 37-11
Database Merge Guidelines, page 37-14
Port Security Activation, page 37-5
Auto-learning, page 37-7
Port Security Manual Configuration, page 37-10
Port Security Configuration Distribution, page 37-11
Database Merge Guidelines, page 37-14
Database Interaction, page 37-14
Displaying Port Security Configuration, page 37-18
Database Merge Guidelines, page 37-14
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