Cisco Nexus 1000V Security Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

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Cisco Nexus 1000V Security Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

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Configuring IP Source Guard

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Chapter: Configuring IP Source Guard


Configuring IP Source Guard

This chapter describes how to configure IP Source Guard on Cisco Nexus 1000Vs.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•Information About IP Source Guard

•Prerequisites for IP Source Guard

•Guidelines and Limitations

•Configuring IP Source Guard

•Verifying the IP Source Guard Configuration

•Displaying IP Source Guard Bindings

•Example Configuration for IP Source Guard

•Default Settings

•Additional References

•Feature History for IP Source Guard

Information About IP Source Guard

IP Source Guard is a per-interface traffic filter that permits IP traffic only when the IP address and MAC address of each packet matches the IP and MAC address bindings of dynamic or static IP source entries in the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping binding table.

You can enable IP Source Guard on Layer 2 interfaces that are not trusted by DHCP snooping. IP Source Guard supports interfaces that are configured to operate in access mode and trunk mode. When you initially enable IP Source Guard, all inbound IP traffic on the interface is blocked except for the following:

•DHCP packets, which DHCP snooping inspects and then forwards or drops, depending upon the results of inspecting the packet.

•IP traffic from static IP source entries that you have configured in the Cisco Nexus 1000V.

The device permits the IP traffic when DHCP snooping adds a binding table entry for the IP address and MAC address of an IP packet or when you have configured a static IP source entry.

The device drops IP packets when the IP address and MAC address of the packet do not have a binding table entry or a static IP source entry. For example, assume that the show ip dhcp snooping binding command displays the following binding table entry: 

MacAddress         IpAddress    LeaseSec   Type        VLAN      Interface    

----------         ----------   ---------  ------      -------    ---------  

00:02:B3:3F:3B:99  10.5.5.2       6943    dhcp-snooping  10      vEthernet3

If the device receives an IP packet with an IP address of 10.5.5.2, IP Source Guard forward the packet only if the MAC address of the packet is 00:02:B3:3F:3B:99.

Prerequisites for IP Source Guard

IP Source Guard has the following prerequisites:

•You should be familiar with DHCP snooping before you configure IP Source Guard.

•DHCP snooping is enabled (see the "Configuring DHCP Snooping" section on page 12-3).

Guidelines and Limitations

IP Source Guard has the following configuration guidelines and limitations:

•IP Source Guard limits IP traffic on an interface to only those sources that have an IP-MAC address binding table entry or static IP source entry. When you first enable IP Source Guard on an interface, you may experience disruption in IP traffic until the hosts on the interface receive a new IP address from a DHCP server.

•IP Source Guard is dependent upon DHCP snooping to build and maintain the IP-MAC address binding table or upon manual maintenance of static IP source entries. For more information on DHCP snooping, see Chapter 12, "Configuring DHCP Snooping."

•For seamless IP Source Guard, Virtual Service Domain (VSD) service VM ports are trusted ports by default. If you configure these ports as untrusted, this setting is ignored.

Configuring IP Source Guard

This section includes the following topics:

•Enabling or Disabling IP Source Guard on a Layer 2 Interface

•Adding or Removing a Static IP Source Entry

Enabling or Disabling IP Source Guard on a Layer 2 Interface

Use this procedure to enable or disable IP Source Guard on a Layer 2 interface.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Before beginning this procedure, you must know or do the following:

•Ensure that the VSM and all VEMs are running a software release that supports this feature, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2) or higher, and that the VEM feature level has been updated (see the Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Upgrade Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)).

•By default, IP Source Guard is disabled on all interfaces.

•Ensure that DHCP snooping is enabled. For more information, see the "Enabling or Disabling DHCP Snooping Globally" section on page 12-4.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. config t

2. interface vethernet interface-number

port-profile profilename

3. [no] ip verify source dhcp-snooping-vlan

4. show running-config dhcp

5. copy running-config startup-config

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

config t


Example:

switch# config t

switch(config)#

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2 

interface vethernet interface-number


Example:

switch(config)# interface vethernet 3

switch(config-if)#

Enters interface configuration mode, where interface-number is the vEthernet interface that you want to configure as trusted or untrusted for DHCP snooping.

port-profile profilename


Example:

switch(config)# port-profile vm-data

switch(config-port-prof)#

Enters port profile configuration mode for the specified port profile, where profilename is a unique name of up to 80 characters.

Step 3 

[no] ip verify source dhcp-snooping-vlan


Example:

switch(config-if)# ip verify source dhcp-snooping vlan

Enables IP Source Guard on the interface. The no option disables IP Source Guard on the interface.

Step 4 

show running-config dhcp


Example:

switch(config-if)# show running-config dhcp

(Optional) Displays the running configuration for DHCP snooping, including the IP Source Guard configuration.

Step 5 

copy running-config startup-config


Example:

switch(config-if)# copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Adding or Removing a Static IP Source Entry

Use this procedure to add or remove a static IP source entry on a device.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Before beginning this procedure, you must know or do the following:

•Ensure that the VSM and all VEMs are running a software release that supports this feature, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2) or higher, and that the VEM feature level has been updated (see the Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Upgrade Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)).

•By default, there are no static IP source entries on a device.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. config t

2. [no] ip source binding IP-address MAC-address vlan vlan-ID interface vethernet interface-number

3. show ip dhcp snooping binding [interface vethernet interface-number]

4. copy running-config startup-config

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

config t


Example:

switch# config t

switch(config)#

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2 

[no] ip source binding IP-address MAC-address vlan vlan-ID interface vethernet interface-number


Example:

switch(config)# ip source binding 10.5.22.17 001f.28bd.0013 vlan 100 interface ethernet 3

Creates a static IP source entry for the current interface, or if you use the no option, removes a static IP source entry.

Step 3 

show ip dhcp snooping binding [interface vethernet interface-number]


Example:

switch(config)# show ip dhcp snooping binding interface ethernet 3

(Optional) Displays IP-MAC address bindings for the interface specified, including static IP source entries. Static entries appear with the term "static" in the Type column.

Step 4 

copy running-config startup-config


Example:

switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Verifying the IP Source Guard Configuration

To display IP Source Guard configuration information, use one of the following commands:

Command
Purpose

show running-config dhcp

Displays DHCP snooping configuration, including the IP Source Guard configuration.

show ip verify source

Displays IP-MAC address bindings.


For detailed information about the fields in the output from these commands, see the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference, Release 4.0.

Displaying IP Source Guard Bindings

Use the show ip verify source command to display IP-MAC address bindings.

Example Configuration for IP Source Guard

The following example shows how to create a static IP source entry and then how to enable IP Source Guard on an interface: 

ip source binding 10.5.22.17 001f.28bd.0013 vlan 100 interface vethernet 3

interface ethernet 2/3

  no shutdown

  ip verify source dhcp-snooping-vlan

Default Settings

Table 14-1 lists the default settings for IP Source Guard parameters.

Table 14-1 Default IP Source Guard Parameters 

Parameters
Default

IP Source Guard

Disabled on each interface.

IP source entries

None. No static or default IP source entries exist by default.


Additional References

For additional information related to implementing IP Source Guard, see the following sections:

•Related Documents

•Standards

Related Documents

Related Topic
Document Title

Information About DHCP Snooping, page 12-1

Cisco Nexus 1000V Security Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2), Chapter 12, "Configuring DHCP Snooping"

IP Source Guard commands: complete command syntax, command modes, command history, defaults, usage guidelines, and examples

Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

DHCP snooping commands: complete command syntax, command modes, command history, defaults, usage guidelines, and examples

Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)


Standards

Standards
Title

No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature.

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Feature History for IP Source Guard

Table 14-2 lists the release history for this feature.

Table 14-2 Feature History for IP Source Guard 

Feature Name
Releases
Feature Information

IP Source Guard

4.0(4)SV1(2)

This feature was introduced.


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