Huawei AR530 Series

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About This Document.....................................................................................................................ii

1 MAC Address Table Configuration...........................................................................................1

1.1 Introduction to the MAC Address..................................................................................................................................2

1.2 Principles........................................................................................................................................................................2

1.2.1 MAC Address Table....................................................................................................................................................2

1.2.2 Disabling MAC Address Learning and Limiting the Number of MAC Addresses....................................................4

1.2.3 Port Security................................................................................................................................................................5

1.2.4 MAC Address Flapping...............................................................................................................................................5

1.3 Application Environment...............................................................................................................................................7

1.4 Configuration Task Summary........................................................................................................................................7

1.5 Default Configuration.....................................................................................................................................................9

1.6 Configuring the MAC Address Table............................................................................................................................9

1.6.1 Configuring the MAC Address Table.........................................................................................................................9

1.6.1.1 Configuring a Static MAC Address Entry..............................................................................................................10

1.6.1.2 Configuring a Blackhole MAC Address Entry.......................................................................................................10

1.6.1.3 Setting the Aging Time of Dynamic MAC Address Entries..................................................................................11

1.6.1.4 Disabling MAC Address Learning.........................................................................................................................11

1.6.1.5 Limiting the Number of Learned MAC Addresses................................................................................................12

1.6.1.6 Checking the Configuration....................................................................................................................................13

1.6.2 Configuring Port Security..........................................................................................................................................14

1.6.2.1 Configuring the Secure MAC Function on an Interface.........................................................................................14

1.6.2.2 Configuring the Sticky MAC Function on an Interface.........................................................................................16

1.6.2.3 Checking the Configuration....................................................................................................................................17

1.6.3 Configuring MAC Address Flapping Detection........................................................................................................17

1.6.4 Configuring the Router to Discard Packets with an All-0 MAC Address.................................................................18

1.7 Configuration Examples...............................................................................................................................................19

1.7.1 Example for Configuring the MAC Address Table...................................................................................................19

1.7.2 Example for Configuring Port Security.....................................................................................................................21

1.7.3 Example for Configuring MAC Address Limiting Rules on Interfaces....................................................................23

1.7.4 Example for Configuring a MAC Address Learning Rule in a VLAN.....................................................................24

1.8 Common Configuration Errors.....................................................................................................................................26

1.8.1 Correct MAC Address Entry Cannot Be Learned on the Device..............................................................................26

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Issue 01 (2014-11-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential