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4.12.6 Port Security Status
This page shows the Port Security status. 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 the other with the actual port status. The
Port Security Status screen in
Figure 4-12-6 appears.
Figure 4-12-6: Port Security Status Screen Page Screenshot
The page includes the following fields:
User Module Legend
The legend shows all user modules that may request Port Security services.
Object Description
 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
The table has one row for each port on the selected switch in the switch and a number of columns, which are:
Object Description
 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 corresponding user module is
not enabled, whereas a letter indicates that the user module abbreviated by that