Enabling Port Security

By default, the port security feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.

Detailed Steps

To enable port security, follow these steps:

  1. Expand a VSAN, and then select Port Security in the Logical Domains pane.

    2. You see the port security configuration for that VSAN in the Information pane.

  2. Click the CFS tab.
  3. Enable CFS on all participating switches in the VSAN by clicking each entry in the Global column and selecting enable.
  4. Click Apply Changes to enable CFS distribution for the port security feature.
  5. Click the Control tab.

    6. You see the port security enable state for all switches in the selected VSAN.

  6. Set the Command column to enable for each switch in the VSAN.
  7. Click the CFS tab and set the Command column to commit on all participating switches in the VSAN.
  8. Click Apply Changes to distribute the enabled port security to all switches in the VSAN.

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