Switch Status - ZyXEL Communications MGS3600-24F User Manual

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8.8.2 Switch Status

Use the Switch Status sub-menu to show the overall state of Port Security.
Port Security is a module with no direct configuration. Configuration comes indirectly from other modules - the user modules. When a user module
has enabled port security on a port, the port is set-up for software-based learning. In this mode, frames from unknown MAC addresses are passed
on to the port security module, which in turn asks all user modules whether to allow this new MAC address to forward or block it. For a MAC
address to be set in the forwarding state, all enabled user modules must unanimously agree on allowing the MAC address to forward. If only one
chooses to block it, it will be blocked until that user module decides otherwise. The status page is divided into two sections - one with a legend of
user modules and one with the actual port status.
To show Port Security Switch Status, click
Parameter description
User Module Legend
This shows all user modules that may request Port Security services.
User Module Name:

The full name of a module that may request Port Security services.
Abbr:

A one-letter abbreviation of the user module. This is used in the Users column in the port status table.
Port Status
Port:

The port number for which the status applies. Click the port number to see the status for this particular port.
Users:

Each of the user modules has a column that shows whether that module has enabled Port Security or not. A '-' means that the correspond-
ing user module is not enabled, whereas a letter indicates that the user module abbreviated by that letter (see Abbr) has enabled port secu-
rity.
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Security > Port Security > Switch
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