Technical Note: Mac Change on Uplink events

FortiNAC

NOTE: FortiNAC is now named FortiNAC-F. For post-9.4 articles, see FortiNAC-F. FortiNAC is a zero-trust network access solution that provides users with enhanced visibility into the Internet of Things (IoT) devices on their enterprise networks.

Article Id 194066

Description
"Mac Change on Uplink" events are generated each time a MAC Notification trap is received for a port defined as an uplink in the switch's Port View of the Administration UI. Although traps for uplinks are not acted upon, they cause extra work for the appliance.
Solution

Disable MAC Notification traps in switch for uplink ports. Refer to the MAC Notification trap reference manual in the Document Library.

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