Disables MAC address learning on one or more ports for security purposes.
| 
                                 drop-packets  | 
                            
                                 Specifies that packets with unknown source MAC addresses be dropped. When disable learning is configured, this is the default behavior.  | 
                        
| 
                                 forward-packets  | 
                            
                                 Specifies that packets with unknown source MAC addresses be forwarded.  | 
                        
| 
                 port  | 
                            
                 Specifies the port.  | 
                        
| 
                 port_list  | 
                            
                 Specifies one or more ports or slots and ports.  | 
                        
| 
                 all  | 
                            
                 Specifies all ports and slots.  | 
                        
Enabled.
Use this command in a secure environment where access is granted via permanent forwarding databases (FDBs) per port.
The following command disables MAC address learning on port 4 on a switch:
disable learning ports 4
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, and X870 series switches.