Managing MAC Address Table MAC Address Table
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MAC Address Table
1.1 Overview
The MAC address table contains address information that the switch uses to forward
traffic between ports. As shown below, the table lists map entries of MAC addresses, VLAN
IDs and ports. These entries can be manually input or automatically learned by the switch.
Based on the MAC-address-to-port mapping in the table, the switch forwards the packet
only to the associated port.
Table 1-1 The MAC Address Table
MAC Address VLAN ID Port Type Aging Status
00:00:00:00:00:01 1 1 Dynamic Aging
00:00:00:00:00:02 1 2 Config static no-Aging
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1.2 Supported Features
The address table of the switch contains dynamic addresses, static addresses and filtering
addresses. You can add or remove these entries to your needs. Furthermore, you can
configure notification traps and limit the number of MAC addresses in a VLAN for traffic
safety.
Address Configurations
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Dynamic address
Dynamic addresses are source addresses learned by the switch automatically. Then the
switch regularly ages out those that are not in use. That is, the switch removes the MAC
address entries related to a network device if no packet is received from the device within
the aging time. And you can configure the aging time when needed.
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Static address
Static addresses are configured manually and do not age. For some relatively fixed
connection, for example, frequently visited server, you can manually set the MAC address
of the server as a static entry to enhance the forwarding efficiency of the switch.
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Filtering address
Filtering addresses are manually added to configure the switch to automatically drop the
packets with specific source or destination MAC addresses.
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