Port Security
When port security is enabled on a switch, any Media Access Control (MAC) address not specified for that port is denied access to the switch, and to any networks to which the switch is connected. Port security can be used to block input to an Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet switch port.
The total supply, or global resource, of MAC addresses for the switch is 1024 MAC addresses. However, not all Cisco switches have 1024 MAC addresses; some have only 64 MAC addresses. In addition to this total supply, there is space for one default MAC address per port to be secured. The total number of MAC addresses that can be specified per port is limited to the global resource of 1024 MAC addresses plus one default MAC address (per ...
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