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 all ExtremeSwitching Universal switches.