Brocade Communications Systems 53-1002163-02 manual Configuring the MAC address table

6 Configuring the MAC address table

Activating a VLAN classifier group with an interface port

To associate a VLAN classifier group with an interface port, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC mode.

1.Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.

2.Enter the interface command to specify the CEE interface type and slot/port number.

switch(config)#interface tengigabitethernet 0/10

3.Enter the no shutdown command to enable the CEE interface.

4.Enter the vlan classifier command to activate and associate it with a VLAN interface (group 1 and VLAN 2 are used in this example).

switch(conf-if-te-0/10)#vlan classifier activate group 1 vlan 2

NOTE

This example assumes that VLAN 2 was already created.

Clearing VLAN counter statistics

To clear VLAN counter statistics, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC mode.

1.Enter the clear command to clear the VLAN counter statistics for the specified VLAN. The vlan_ID value can be 1 through 3583. For example, to clear the counter for VLAN 20:

switch#clear counter interface vlan 20

Displaying VLAN information

To display VLAN information, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC mode.

1.Enter the show interface command to display the configuration and status of the specified interface.

switch#show interface tengigabitethernet 0/10 switchport

2.Enter the show vlan command to display the specified VLAN information. For example, this syntax displays the status of VLAN 20 for all interfaces, including static and dynamic:

switch#show vlan 20

Configuring the MAC address table

Each CEE port has a MAC address table. The MAC address table stores a number of unicast and multicast address entries without flooding any frames. Brocade FCoE hardware has a configurable aging timer. If a MAC address remains inactive for a specified number of seconds, it is removed from the address table. For detailed information on how the switch handles MAC addresses in a Layer 2 Ethernet environment, see “Layer 2 Ethernet overview” on page 3.

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