Chapter 46 Static MAC Filtering
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46.2.1  Add/Edit a Static MAC Filtering Rule
Use this screen to create or edit rules for traffic going through the Switch. Click Add/Edit, or select an 
entry and click Add/Edit in the SWITCHING > Static MAC Filtering screen to display this screen.
Figure 183   SWITCHING > Static MAC Filtering > Add/Edit
The following table describes the related labels in this screen.
Add/Edit Click Add/Edit to add a new entry or edit a selected one.
Delete Click Delete to remove the selected entries.
Table 139   SWITCHING > Static MAC Filtering (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 140   SWITCHING > Static MAC Filtering > Add/Edit
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active Enable the switch button to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate a rule without 
deleting it by de-selecting this check box.
Name Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters excluding [ ? ], [ | ], [ ' ], [ " ] or [ , ]) for 
this rule. This is for identification only.
Action Select Discard source to drop the frames from the source MAC address (specified in the MAC field). 
The Switch can still send frames to the MAC address.
Select Discard destination to drop the frames to the destination MAC address (specified in the MAC 
address). The Switch can still receive frames originating from the MAC address.
Select Discard source and Discard destination to block traffic to or from the MAC address specified 
in the MAC field.
MAC Enter a MAC address in valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs.
VID Enter the VLAN group identification number.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these changes 
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.
Clear Click Clear to clear the fields to the factory defaults.
Cancel Click Cancel to not save the configuration you make and return to the last screen.