HPN-ICF-PORT-SECURITY-MIB

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Last Updated: 2004-11-24

Category: Domain: Security, Technology: Switching/L2, Vendor: H3C/HH3C, Vendor: HP/HPE

Description: Manages port security MAC address limits, violation actions, and sticky MAC bindings on HP/Comware switches.

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What Is HPN-ICF-PORT-SECURITY-MIB?

HPN-ICF-PORT-SECURITY-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB from HP Networking (Comware-based, ICF being HP's internal Comware feature naming convention) for configuring port security features on HP/Comware managed switches. It exposes configuration for MAC-address-based port security control, VLAN membership restrictions on secured ports, and RALM (a Comware access-control mode) parameters including session timers, hold-off time, re-authentication, authentication mode/username/password/domain, offline time, and server timeout. Its monitoring relevance is entirely software/configuration-state oriented: confirming port security control mode is set as intended, that sticky/authenticated MAC bindings and RALM authentication parameters are correctly provisioned, and that session and timeout timers match policy, which is important for catching a port left insecure or an authentication server misconfiguration. It builds on H3C/HP Comware's port and VLAN infrastructure rather than an IETF standard, and is closely related to 802.1X-style access control concepts. It is deployed on HP/H3C Comware-based enterprise switches enforcing port-level network access control. Engineers can download the HPN-ICF-PORT-SECURITY-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • HP/H3C Comware-based managed switch

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would check hpnicfSecurePortSecurityControl to confirm port security is enabled with the intended action, and review hpnicfSecureRalmAuthMode alongside hpnicfSecureRalmAuthServerTimeoutTime to verify RALM authentication is configured with a reasonable server timeout. hpnicfSecureRalmDefaultSessionTime and hpnicfSecureRalmHoldoffTime would be checked to confirm session and re-auth timers match security policy, and hpnicfSecurePortVlanMembershipList would be checked to ensure a secured port is restricted to the expected VLANs. An unexpectedly permissive hpnicfSecureMacControl setting would flag a port that isn't enforcing MAC-based restrictions as intended.

What Can Be Monitored

  • port security control mode
  • MAC address control/binding settings
  • RALM authentication mode and credentials configuration
  • RALM session and hold-off timers
  • secured-port VLAN membership restrictions
Imported Objects

From HPN-ICF-OID-MIB

hpnicfPortSecurityOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IEEE8021-PAE-MIB

dot1xAuthSessionAuthenticMethodOBJECT-TYPE
dot1xAuthSessionTerminateCauseOBJECT-TYPE
dot1xAuthSessionUserNameOBJECT-TYPE
dot1xPaePortNumberOBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1213-MIB

ifAdminStatus
ifIndex

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
IpAddress
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
RowStatus
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Hewlett-Packard port security and network access control management.

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