Locking down switch ports to specific mac's

[jhilton]

Due to security and inventory concerns we need to lock down switch ports on 3548 and 3550 switches so specific pc's and servers are locked to a specific port on the switch. Is there an easy way to do this or do I have to enter a mac for each switch port individually. Thanks in advance

[tbaranski]

VMPS can automate this to an extent, but you need a VMPS Server and only a handful of switches (6000, 5000 & 4000 series) can act as a server. You can use a regular computer for this, however: http://vmps.sourceforge.net/

802.1x is another option. But you have to configure the mapping of MAC addresses to ports one way or another, so these methods may not save you much work relative to port security unless hosts move around a lot.