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Chapter 10 Static MAC Forwarding
XGS4600 Series User’s Guide
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Figure 118 Advanced Application > Static MAC Forwarding (Stacking Mode)
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 54 Advanced Application > Static MAC Forwarding
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active Select this check box to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate a rule without
deleting it by clearing this check box.
Name Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes for this static MAC address forwarding rule.
MAC Address Enter the MAC address in valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs.
Note: Static MAC addresses do NOT age out.
VID Enter the VLAN identification number.
Port Enter the port where the MAC address entered in the previous field will be automatically
forwarded. In stacking mode, the first box field is the slot ID and the second field is the port
number.
Add Click this to create a new entry or to update an existing one.
This saves your rule to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses this rule if it is turned off or
loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-
volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel Click Cancel to reset the fields to their last saved values.
Clear Click Clear to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Index Click an index number to modify a static MAC address rule for a port.
Active This field displays whether this static MAC address forwarding rule is active (Yes) or not (No). You
may temporarily deactivate a rule without deleting it.
Name This field displays the descriptive name for identification purposes for this static MAC address-
forwarding rule.
MAC Address This field displays the MAC address that will be forwarded and the VLAN identification number to
which the MAC address belongs.
VID This field displays the ID number of the VLAN group.
Port This field displays the port where the MAC address shown in the next field will be forwarded.
In stacking mode, the first number represents the slot ID and the second is the port number.
Select an entry’s check box to select a specific entry. Otherwise, select the check box in the table
heading row to select all entries.