OmniSwitch 6600 Family Chassis and Hardware Components | Managing MAC Addresses on the Switch |
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Managing MAC Addresses on the Switch
Your OmniSwitch 6600 Family switch is shipped with
•Base chassis MAC address
•802.1X authentication
•VLAN router ports
Similar to IP addresses, MAC addresses are assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and distributed to users in sequential blocks. A sequential block of MAC addresses is referred to as a MAC address range.
The switch’s EEPROM contains two
MAC Range 1 | Reserved for the first two MAC addresses in the factory installed range of 32 |
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| allocated as the base chassis MAC address. The second MAC address is |
| allocated for 802.1X authentication. |
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MAC Range 3 | Contains MAC addresses used for each port in the system. |
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MAC Range Guidelines
•You cannot edit or delete MAC range 1 or MAC range 3 at any time.
•The
OmniSwitch 6600 Family MAC Range Specifications
Number of | 2 (MAC Range 1; MAC Range 3) |
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Number of MAC Addresses in Default Range 1 | 2 |
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Number of MAC Addresses in Default Range 3 | 30 |
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Maximum MAC Ranges on Switch | 2 (MAC Range 1; MAC Range 3) |
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Base chassis MAC address | Unique to each switch. The base |
| chassis MAC address is always the |
| first MAC address listed in the |
| switch’s default MAC range 1. |
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Supported MAC Router Mode | Single |
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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Hardware Users Guide September 2006 | page |