MAC Address Management

Determining the MAC Addresses

Switch Port MAC Addresses

The MAC address assigned to each switch port is used internally by such features as Flow Control, and the Spanning Tree Protocol. Determining the MAC address assignments for individual ports can be useful when diagnosing switch operation. To display these addresses, use the walkmib command at the switch console command prompt.

From the console Main Menu, select:

5.Diagnostics

4.Command Prompt

Type the following command to display the MAC address all the switch ports:

walkmib ifPhysAddress

Figure B-2 is an example of the display you will see.

Figure 8-2. Example of Port MAC Address Assignments

Management Address MAC

B-3