Enabling Port Security

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

To enable port security, follow these steps:

To enable port security using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:

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