Dell Force10 MXL Blade - Layer; Managing the MAC Address Table; Clear the MAC Address Table; Set the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries

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Layer 2
This chapter describes the following Layer 2 features:
• Managing the MAC Address Table
• MAC Learning Limit
• Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming
Managing the MAC Address Table
The Dell Force10 operating system (FTOS) provides the following management activities for the MAC
address table:
• Clear the MAC Address Table
• Set the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries
• Configure a Static MAC Address
• Display the MAC Address Table
Clear the MAC Address Table
To clear the MAC address table of dynamic entries, use the following command:
Set the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries
Learned MAC addresses are entered in the table as dynamic entries, which means that they are subject to
aging. For any dynamic entry, if no packet arrives on the switch with the MAC address as the source or
destination address within the timer period, the address is removed from the table. The default aging time
is 1800 seconds.
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Clear a MAC address table of dynamic entries.
• address deletes the specified entry
• all deletes all dynamic entries
• interface deletes all entries for the specified
interface
• vlan deletes all entries for the specified VLAN
clear mac-address-table dynamic
{address | all | interface | vlan}
EXEC Privilege