Set-VDSecurityPolicy Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Set-VDSecurityPolicy

This cmdlet modifies the security policy for distributed ports or the default port policy at port group or switch level (depending on the input policy).

Syntax

Set-VDSecurityPolicy
-Policy < SecurityPolicy[] >
[-AllowPromiscuous < Boolean > ]
[-AllowPromiscuousInherited < Boolean > ]
[-ForgedTransmits < Boolean > ]
[-ForgedTransmitsInherited < Boolean > ]
[-MacChanges < Boolean > ]
[-MacChangesInherited < Boolean > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 Policy SecurityPolicy[] named
  • pipeline
 Specifies the security policy that you want to configure.
optional AllowPromiscuous Boolean named
Specifies whether promiscuous mode is enabled for the corresponding distributed port, port group, or switch.
optional AllowPromiscuousInherited Boolean named
Specifies whether the AllowPromiscuous setting is inherited from a parent object, such as a distributed port group or switch.
optional ForgedTransmits Boolean named
Specifies whether forged transmits are enabled for the corresponding distributed port, port group, or switch.
optional ForgedTransmitsInherited Boolean named
Specifies whether the ForgedTransmits setting is inherited from a parent object, such as a distributed port group or switch.
optional MacChanges Boolean named
Specifies whether MAC address changes are enabled for the corresponding distributed port, port group, or switch.
optional MacChangesInherited Boolean named
Specifies whether the MacChanges setting is inherited from a parent object, such as a distributed port group or switch.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Types.V1.Policy.SecurityPolicy

Examples

Example 1 

Get-VDSwitch "MyVDSwitch" | Get-VDSecurityPolicy | Set-VDSecurityPolicy -MacChanges $true

Retrieves a vSphere distributed switch named "MyVDSwitch" and updates its security policy to allow MAC address changes.

Example 2 

Get-VDPortgroup "MyVDPortgroup" | Get-VDSecurityPolicy | Set-VDSecurityPolicy -ForgedTransmitsInherited $true

Retrieves a distributed port group named "MyVDPortgroup" and updates the security policy to inherit the setting value for controlling outbound frames filtering by MAC address from its parent.

Related Commands

VDSecurityPolicy

This cmdlet retrieves the security policy for distributed ports.

This cmdlet modifies the security policy for distributed ports.