Configuring Switch Port Control¶

Configuring Switch Port Control by Enforcement Policies or manual action starts with the configuration of SNMP, which will provide the information and access necessary for port blocking. For basic switch setup, see: Browsing Switches.

Enable Switch Port Control on Enforcement Policy¶

The target of the switch port control is determined by the Enforcement Policy. If you want to control switch ports for specific nodes, you need to create an enforcement policy that targets those nodes and then configure the switch port blocking setting.

Click Policy in the top panel
Go to Policy > Enforcement Policy in the left panel
Click desired ID for enabling switch port blocking

Under Enforcement Options > Switchport Control

For Control Port with SNMP, select None, Shutdown, or VLAN
For SNMP Write Community, enter default write community string, or an SNMPv3 user and password(s). If this setting is empty, will use switch's own setting.
Configure Specific options:
- For Port Shutdown: configure the following:
  
  Description: enter text for appending to SwitchPorts existing description.
  
  MAC Threshold for Disabling: if a SwitchPort has more than this number of MACs associated, it will not blocked.
  
  Description for Exception: If a SwitchPort Description partially matches a term entered here, it will not be shut down.
- For Port VLAN: Enter the VLAN ID to be assigned.
For MAC Threshold for Disabling, if a switch port has more than this number of MACs, it will not blocked.
For Description, enter text for appending to switch port's existing description.
Click Update

Switch Port Manual Control¶

You can manually control Switch Ports in the web UI undr Management > Switch.

Go to Management > Switch in the top panel
Click on Port in the main Switch Ports window
Configure one or more of the following:
- Admin Down: Check or uncheck the box to change the port link status.
- VLAN ID: Enter a VLAN ID for the port.
Click Send SNMP Command