3Com 5500G, 4210, 4200G manual MAC Address Table Management Configuration Guide

MAC ADDRESS TABLE MANAGEMENT

11 CONFIGURATION GUIDE

MAC Address Table The Switch 5500 provides the MAC address table management function. Through

Managementconfiguration commands, you can add/modify/remove a MAC address, set the aging time for dynamic MAC addresses, and set the maximum number of MAC addresses an Ethernet port can learn.

Network Diagram Figure 17 Network diagram for MAC address table management configuration

0014-222c-aa69

NMS			000f-e20f-dc71
		Eth1/0/10
	Eth1/0/5	Eth1/0/2
PC		Switch		Server

Networking and Server is connected to Switch through port Ethernet 1/0/2. Configure a static MAC Configuration address containing the Server MAC address on Switch, so that Switch can unicast Requirements rather than broadcast packets destined for Server through Ethernet 1/0/2. Port

Ethernet 1/0/10 is connected with a network management server (NMS). For network management security, configure Ethernet 1/0/10 to permit the access of this NMS only.

■The Server MAC address is 000f-e20f-dc71.

■Port Ethernet 1/0/2 belongs to VLAN 10.

■The NMS MAC address is 0014-222c-aa69.

Applicable Products

Product series	Software version	Hardware version
Switch 5500	Release V03.02.04	All versions
Switch 5500G	Release V03.02.04	All versions
Switch 4500	Release V03.03.00	All versions
Switch 4210	Release V03.01.00	All versions

Configuration Procedure # Add ports Ethernet 1/0/5 and Ethernet 1/0/2 to VLAN 10.

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