132CHAPTER 9: CONFIGURING IP AND MAC ADDRESS INFORMATION
Configuring | MAC addresses are stored in either the Static Address or the Dynamic |
Address Tables | Address databases. A packet addressed to a destination stored in one of |
| the databases is forwarded immediately to the port. The Dynamic |
| Address Table can be sorted by interface, VLAN, and MAC address. MAC |
| addresses are dynamically learned as packets from sources arrive at the |
| device. Addresses are associated with ports by learning the ports from the |
| frames source address. Frames addressed to a destination MAC address |
| that is not associated with any port are flooded to all ports of the relevant |
| VLAN. Static addresses are manually configured. In order to prevent the |
| bridging table from overflowing, dynamic MAC addresses, from which no |
| traffic is seen for a certain period, are erased. |
This section includes the following sections:
■Viewing Address Table Settings
■Viewing Port Summary Settings
■Adding MAC Addresses to the Address Table
■Defining Aging Time
■Removing Address Table Ports
■Removing MAC Addresses from the Address Table
