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.
Description It
is recommended to disable traps for uplink ports in switch
configurations. Although traps for uplinks are not acted upon, they
cause extra work for the appliance, as NAC processes each
trap received. Solution
How to Identify devices sending traps from uplink ports:
1. Enable the event.
a. In Administrative UI, navigate to Logs > Event Management.
b. Right click on the event Mac Change on Uplink and select Internal.
2. Identify uplink ports sending MAC Notification traps.
a. Navigate to Logs > Events.
b. Add Filter: Event
c. From the Event drop-down, select Mac Change on Uplink.
d. Adjust Date filter as appropriate.
e. Click Update.
f. To export results to a spreadsheet, click the icon for the type of export file needed at the bottom of the window (such as Excel).
g. Click OK.
3. Disable the event. Otherwise, the event archive files could get unnecessarily large.
a. Logs > Event Management.
b. Right click on the event Mac Change on Uplink and select Disabled.
