1/10 and 10-Gigabit Layer 2/3 Ethernet Switches User’s Manual
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Filters
The FILTERS link allows you to configure Layer 2 packet filtering. The Layer 2 packet
filtering management has the following configuration pages:
• Unicast Filters
• Multicast Filters
Unicast Filters
Clicking the UNICAST FILTERS tab brings up the L2 UNICAST FILTER CONFIGURATION page
(Figure 5-16), which sets the filter configuration to control the unicast packets that the
switch needs to process. The parameters for this page are shown in Table 5-12.
Figure 5-85. L2 Unicast Filter Configuration Page
Table 5-68. L2 Unicast Filter Configuration Page Parameters
Parameter Description
VLAN ID This parameter specifies the VLAN Identifier.
MAC Address This parameter specifies the destination MAC address of the received packet.
Allowed Ports
This parameter specifies the list of ports on which the received packet, with the
above set MAC address (if received from the configured port) can be forwarded.
Status
You can choose to set this configuration to any one of the following types:
• Other – For entries currently in use, but whose conditions remain different
from the following values.
• Permanent – Entries that reside even after the restart of the switch.
• DeleteOnReset – This deletes the entry on restart.
• DeleteOnTimeout – This deletes the entry on expiration of the ageing timer.