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Function Name:

MAC Table Maintenance

Function Description:

This function can allow the user to set up the processing mechanism of MAC Table. An idle MAC address exceeding MAC Address Age-out Time will be removed from the MAC Table. The range of Age-out Time is 10-1000000 seconds, and the setup of this time will have no effect on static MAC addresses.

In addition, the learning limit of MAC maintenance is able to limit the amount of MAC that each port can learn.

Parameter description:

Aging Time:

Delete a MAC address idling for a period of time from the MAC Table, which will not affect static MAC address. Range of MAC Address Aging Time is 10-1000000 seconds. The default Aging Time is 300 seconds.

Learning Limit:

To set up the maximum amount of MAC that each port can learn. Valid value of learning limit for port 1~24 ranges from 0-8191. As to port 25~port 26, only the fixed value “8192” is assigned to these two ports and user cannot configure this value.

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Publication date: June, 2005

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