Fore Systems ES-2810 - MAC Addresses; Entering a MAC Address; The Switchs Own MAC Address Is Part of a Filter Entry; Violation of Port;Mac Filter

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FORE Systems ES-2810 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual
Concepts in Switching
A.5.5 MAC addresses
A.5.5.1 Entering a MAC Address
There are limited options when entering a MAC address:
A.5.5.2 Violation of Port/MAC Filter
If a MAC address violates the Port/MAC filter setting, an error message shows the offending
MAC address and the port on which the violation occurred. An SNMP trap containing the
port number is also sent on the network.
A.5.5.3 The Switch’s Own MAC Address is Part of a Filter Entry
This entry is ignored by the filter and an entry in the error log indicates what happened.
Table A.4 -
MAC Address Options
Enter Possible? Explanation
Broadcast address
(FFFFFFFFFFFF)
No This address must be available to all ports.
STP Multicast
(0180C2000000)
No This multicast is used for switch functions.
Limit flooding of Multi-
cast addresses to certain
ports
Yes Create a filter (for the corresponding Multicast
address) with destination ports specified. The multi-
cast is only transmitted to these ports on the switch.
Multicast kept within
existing VLAN
Yes VLAN constraints.