Operation Manual

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MAC Address Table
The MAC address table contains address information
thattheSwitchusestoforwardtrafcbetweenthe
inbound and outbound ports. All MAC addresses in the
address table are associated with one or more ports.
WhentheSwitchreceivestrafconaport,itsearches
the Ethernet switching table for the MAC address of the
destination.IftheMACaddressisnotfound,thetrafc
isoodedoutalloftheotherportsassociatedwiththe
VLAN. All of the MAC address that the Switch learns by
monitoringtrafcarestoredintheDynamicaddress.
A Static address allows you to manually enter a MAC
addresstocongureaspecicportandVLAN.
Static MAC Address
The address table lists the destination MAC address, the
associated VLAN ID, and port number associated with the
address. When you specify a Static MAC address, you are
set the MAC address to a VLAN and a port; thus it makes
an entry into its forwarding table. These entries are then
used to forward packets through the Switch. Static MAC
addresses along with the Switch’s port security allow only
devices in the MAC address table on a port to access the
Switch.
To access the page, click Static MAC Address under the
L2 Feature tab.
Index:
Displays the index for the Static MAC Address
table.
Port:
Select the port where the MAC address entered
in the previous eld will be automatically
forwarded.
VID:
Enter the VLAN ID on which the IGMP snooping
querier is administratively enabled and for which
the VLAN exists in the VLAN database.
MAC Address:
Enter a unicast MAC address for which the switch
hasforwardingorlteringinformation.
Click the Apply button to accept the changes or the
Cancel button to discard them.