Managing Address Forwarding Tables (Layer 2 & Layer 3)

Adding Entries to the Address Forwarding Table Manually

Adding entries manually is useful when you want to ensure the address forwarding table entries remain permanently.

To add an address manually:

1.In the Address Forwarding Table section of the Web Agent window, click Entry Configuration. The Static Address Configuration dialog box opens.

2.In the MAC Address Value field, enter the MAC address that you want to add to the table.

3.From the VLAN pull-down menu, select a VLAN for this entry.

4.From the Port Binding pull-down menu, select to forward or filter this port.

5.In the Port Binding field, enter the port that you want associated with this entry.

6.From the Priority pull-down menu, select a priority level for packets forward to this MAC address. High priority addresses move to the front of the switch packet buffers automatically.

7.Use Table 14-3 for configuring the persistence parameter:

 

Table 14-3.Entry Persistence

 

 

Parameter

Definition

 

 

Permanent

The address is saved in nonvolatile memory and is

 

not aged out of the table.

 

 

Ageout

Address is cleared from the address forwarding

 

table when the timeout interval expires. This is

 

the state of all entries dynamically learned by the

 

switch. It ensures that MAC addresses that are not

 

active on the network do not remain in the switch

 

address forwarding table indefinitely.

 

 

8.Click APPLY to save your changes, or CANCEL to clear the dialog box fields.

14-6

Cajun P550/P220 Switch Operation Guide