find_mac_on_switch

What find_mac_on_switch does on Hpe Networking

AI agents call find_mac_on_switch to retrieve information from Hpe Networking without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why find_mac_on_switch is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only lookup of MAC address port associations on a switch. It queries existing data (which switch port has learned a given MAC address) with no side effects, no data modification, and no resource depletion. The only concern is information disclosure about network topology, which is low severity since network administrators typically have legitimate access to such diagnostics.

From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Find which port a MAC address is learned on' — a query operation that retrieves information about network topology without modifying any state.

The rule that runs find_mac_on_switch safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Hpe Networking, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For find_mac_on_switch, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "find_mac_on_switch": {}
  }
}

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