Using the Web Console

Address Tables

To view the MAC address table

1.In the left panel, click Network Monitoring.

2.In the top panel under Tables, click MAC Address Table.

3.Select how you want to view the MAC addresses:

Search Table By VLAN—Allows you to enter a VLAN name and find all known MAC addresses on that VLAN.

Search Table By MAC Address—Allows you to enter a specific MAC address or 00-00-00-00-00-00 to list all known MAC addresses.

Search Table By Port—Allows you to enter a port number and find all MAC addresses known by that port.

4.Click Find.

The following information is displayed about each MAC address.

Field

Description

 

 

VID

The VLAN ID of the VLAN the port is a member of.

 

 

VLAN Name

The name of the VLAN corresponding to the MAC address.

 

 

MAC Address

The MAC address of a device.

 

 

Port

The port corresponding to the MAC address.

 

 

Learned

How the switch discovered the MAC address. The possible entries are Dynamic,

Self, and Static. Self is used to identify the switch.

 

 

 

To view the IP address table

1.In the left panel, click Network Monitoring.

2.In the top panel under Tables, click IP Address Table.

3.In the Start IP Address field, enter the IP address that you want the table to display first. The default value is 0.0.0.0 which displays all IP addresses in numerical order.

4.Click Find to populate the table.

The following information is displayed about each IP address.

Field

Description

 

 

Interface

The name of the IP Interface corresponding to the IP address.

 

 

IP Address

The IP address corresponding to the IP interface name.

 

 

Port#

The port the IP address is associated with.

 

 

Learned

How the switch discovered the IP interface. The possible entries are Dynamic and

Static.

 

 

 

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ZT 8101 10/100 specifications

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