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MAC Address Management

Appendix B Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Determining MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 Menu: Viewing the Switch’s MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

Overview

The switch assigns MAC addresses in these areas:

For management functions:

One Base MAC address assigned to the default VLAN (VID = 1)

Additional MAC address(es) corresponding to additional VLANs you configure in the switch

For internal switch operations: One MAC address per port (See "CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses" on page B-4.)

MAC addresses are assigned at the factory. The switch automatically implements these addresses for VLANs and ports as they are added to the switch.

N o t e

The switch’s base MAC address is also printed on a label affixed to the back

 

of the switch.

 

 

Management Address MAC

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