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Organization: Enterprise Solution ZyXEL
Last Updated: 2012-07-01
Category: ZyXEL Security and Access Control
Description: Manages ZyXEL MAC pinning to lock MAC addresses to specific ports preventing unauthorized MAC movement.
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What Is ZYXEL-MAC-PINNING-MIB?
ZYXEL-MAC-PINNING-MIB is a ZyXEL private enterprise MIB implementing MAC pinning, a security feature that locks a learned MAC address to a specific switch port. It exposes configuration data controlling which MAC addresses are pinned to which ports, a security/access-control feature rather than a performance or environmental one. Monitoring this MIB is about verifying security-configuration status, confirming a device's MAC address remains pinned to its expected port and identifying entries that indicate unauthorized MAC movement attempts were blocked. It builds on the standard bridge forwarding-database concept from BRIDGE-MIB/Q-BRIDGE-MIB, adding ZyXEL-specific enforcement on top. It is deployed on ZyXEL managed switches in security-sensitive access-layer environments where port-to-MAC binding is used to prevent address spoofing or unauthorized device relocation. Engineers can download the ZYXEL-MAC-PINNING-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- ZyXEL managed switch
Monitoring Examples
No object/table names were present in the sampled data. Per the module description ("the subtree for MAC Pinning"), the expected configuration entries would associate specific MAC addresses with specific switch ports, letting an administrator confirm a device is still pinned to its assigned port and identify enforcement changes.
What Can Be Monitored
- MAC-to-port pinning configuration
- pinned MAC address list
- port lock enforcement status
Imported Objects
From BRIDGE-MIB
| dot1dBasePort | OBJECT-TYPE |
From P-BRIDGE-MIB
| EnabledStatus |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From ZYXEL-ES-SMI
| esMgmt | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
OIDs
RFC description
Zyxel vendor-private MIB for managing MAC address pinning and static MAC binding on network switches.
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