About Port Security - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 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-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
About Port Security, page 39-1
Port Security Configuration Guidelines, page 39-3
Enabling Port Security, page 39-5
Activating Port Security, page 39-5
About Enabling Auto-learning, page 39-7
Port Security Manual Configuration, page 39-10
Port Security Configuration Distribution, page 39-11
Database Merge Guidelines, page 39-14
Port Security Activation, page 39-5
Auto-learning, page 39-7
Port Security Manual Configuration, page 39-10
Port Security Configuration Distribution, page 39-11
Database Merge Guidelines, page 39-14
Database Interaction, page 39-14
Displaying Port Security Configuration, page 39-18
Database Merge Guidelines, page 39-14
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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