HP ProCurve Threat Management Solution Design Guide 2009-04

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Background for Planning NIM Policies
You can then click New to begin creating an action.
Figure 4-8. Create Action Window
Note that when you select an action type, the window shows you all the types of actions that
PCM+ knows about. Many of these actions are not related to NIM. (In theory, you could make
some pretty odd choices for responding to threats, such as setting Spanning Tree Protocol
parameters. But if you define such an action, PCM+ will execute it.) The typical NIM actions are:
■ Port shutdown
■ Quarantine VLAN
■ MAC lockout
■ Rate limiting
■ Port mirroring and MAC mirroring
■ E-mail notification
■ Message in a dialog box