Avaya 580, 882 Setting the Priority of a MAC Address

25-16 User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.1
Chapter 25
Setting the Priority of a MAC Address
CLI Command Use the set aft entry command to set the priority of a source MAC address
or destination MAC address. The syntax of the command is:
(configure)# set aft entry <mac-address> vlan {<vlan-id> | name
<vlan-name>} port-binding {filter | forward <mod-port-spec>}
[persistence {ageout | permanent}] [priority {normal | high}] [sa-
priority {port | aft <entry-priority> | max-port-aft <entry-priority>}] [da-
priority {port | aft <entry-priority> | max-port-aft <entry-p riority>}]
Table 25-8. Keywords, Arguments, and Options
Keyword, Argument or
Option Definition
sa-priority port Uses the priority of the physical port, Cisco
ISL tag, or 802.1p tag to determine the layer 2
priority of frames.
sa-priority aft Uses the priority that is assigned to the source
MAC address in the Address Forwarding
Table (AFT) to determine the layer 2 priority
of frames.
<entry-priority> The priority that you want to assign to the
source MAC address. Enter a number
between 0 and 7. This priority is stored in the
AFT entry for the MAC address that you
specify.
sa-priority max-port-aft Determines the priority of a frame by using
the higher of the:
• Physical port priority or tag priority
• Source MAC address priority
da-priority port Uses the priority of the physical port, Cisco
ISL tag, 802.1p tag, or source MAC address
to determine the layer 2 priority of frames.
da-priority aft Uses the priority that is assigned to the
destination MAC address in the AFT to
determine the priority of the frame.
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