Allied Telesis management software layer 2+ fast ethernet switches manual ADD Switch Fdbfilter

Chapter 9: MAC Address Table Commands

ADD SWITCH FDBFILTER

Syntax

add switch fdbfilter destaddressmacaddress=macaddress port=port vlan=namevid

Note

The FDB and FILTER keywords are equivalent.

Parameters
destaddress	Specifies the static unicast or multicast address to be
macaddress	added to the switch’s MAC address table. The
	parameters are equivalent. The address can be
	entered in either of the following formats:
	xxxxxxxxxxxx or xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
port	Specifies the port(s) to which the MAC address is to
	be assigned. You can specify only one port if you are
	adding a unicast address. You can specify more than
	one port if you are entering a multicast address.
vlan	Specifies the name or the VID of the VLAN to which
	the node designated by the MAC address is a
	member.
Description

This command adds static unicast and multicast MAC addresses to the switch’s MAC address table. A MAC address added with this command is never timed out from the MAC address table, even when the end node or, in the case of a multicast address, the multicast application is inactive.

If you are entering a static multicast address, the address must be assigned to the port when the multicast application is located and to the ports where the host nodes are connected. Assigning the address only to the port where the multicast application is located will result in the failure of the multicast packets to be properly forwarded to the host nodes.

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