Cabletron Systems EMM-E6 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Security
Launching the Security application; LANVIEW
SECURE
defined; configuring security; enabling security
and traps at the repeater, module, and port levels; security on non-LANVIEW
SECURE
MIMs
The Security application allows you to configure and manage the
LANVIEW
SECURE
feature incorporated into the new generation of Cabletron’s
repeater family of MIMs: the TPRMIM-xxS, FORMIM-xxS, CXRMIM-S, and
TPXMIM-xxS.
TPXMIM-xxS.
LANVIEW
SECURE
provides enhanced intruder protection by
allowing you to secure two source MAC addresses per port, along with an
additional floating cache of up to 32 addresses among ports on a single board; in
addition,
additional floating cache of up to 32 addresses among ports on a single board; in
addition,
LANVIEW
SECURE
provides eavesdrop protection by scrambling the data
portion of each packet to all ports except the destination port.
To launch the Security application
from the icon:
1.
Click on the appropriate EMM-E6 icon to display the icon menu.
2.
Drag down to Security and release.
from the Hub View:
1.
Click on
to display the Device menu.
2.
Drag down to Security and release.
NOTE
Some portions of
LANVIEW
SECURE
functionality will apply to all ports in the EMM-
E6-managed chassis, including ports residing on older, non-
LANVIEW
SECURE
MIMs;
these will be noted throughout the text, and summarized in the section entitled Security
on Non-
on Non-
LANVIEW
SECURE
MIMs
, on
.