Disable Ports after a Period of Inactivity

[jon.baxter1]

I would like to enable a port, and if there is no activity for a 12 hour period on that port, i would like it to be disabled.

I have looked at aging port security, but that I don't see it.  I want to stay away from sticky mac's, its too much overhead.  Can anyone point me in the right direction, aging only clears mac addresses, whether its absolute or inactive.  I want to disable the port, shut it down.  Any insight is greatly appreciated

[nspasov · Accepted solution]

Hello Jon-

Yes, you can do this though EEM/TCL script. Here is a good link that walks you through the EEM feature:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4t/netmgmt/configuration/guide/t_eemt.html

Here is also another thread that a user had already done this before:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12733086/eemtcl-disable-inactive-ports

I hope this helps!

Thank you for rating helpful posts!

[jon.baxter1]

This looks good.  unfortunately i have catalyst 2960 switches running on ios 12.2(55)SE5 

This version of the ios supports eem, but only for the 3750 and 3560 switches, not the 2960 switches.  i am going to try anyways.  thank you very much... 

so i didnt get very far.  based on the link you sent describing tcl and emm, i should be able to run the command 'show event manager environment' but i cannot.  event manager environment does not exist.  

here, on the release notes for this ios is where i found that the 2960 does not support emm but the 3750 and 3560 does  http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/release/12-2_55_se/release/notes/OL23054.html