KB.15.15

configure a traffic filter to either forward or drop all network traffic moving to outbound (destination)

ports and trunks (if any) on the switch

Applicable switch models

As of June 2010, Traffic/Security filers are available on these current HP switch models:

Table 49 Switch model filter availability

Multicast FiltersProtocol FiltersSource-Port FiltersModel

YesYesYes8200zl Switches

YesYesYes6600 Switches

NoNoYes8400cl Switches

YesYesYes5400zl Switches

NoNoYes4200vl Switches

YesYesYes3800 Switches

YesYesYes3500/3500yl Swtiches

NoNoYes3400cl Switches

NoNoYes2800 Switches

YesYesYes2510 Switches

YesYesYes2500 Switches

YesYesYes4000m and 8000m

Switches

Filter Limits

The switch accepts up to 101 static filters. These limitations apply:

• Source-port filters: up to 78

• Multicast filters: up to 16 with 1024 or fewer VLANs configured. Up to 8 with more than

1024 VLANs configured.

• Protocol filters: up to 7

Using port trunks with filter

The switch manages a port trunk as a single source or destination for sourceport filtering. If you

configure a port for filtering before adding it to a port trunk, the port retains the filter configuration,

but suspends the filtering action while a member of the trunk. If you want a trunk to perform filtering,

first configure the trunk, then configure the trunk for filtering. See “Configuring a filter on a port

trunk” (page 432).

Filter types and operation

The following table represents the types of static filters and their selection criteria:

450 Traffic/Security Features and Monitors