130 Configuring and managing ports and VLANs
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Managing the layer 2 forwarding database
A WSS uses a Layer 2 forwarding database (FDB) to forward traffic within a VLAN. The entries in the forwarding
database map MAC addresses to the physical or virtual ports connected to those MAC addresses within a particular
VLAN. To forward a packet to another device in a VLAN, the WSS searches the forwarding database for the packet’s
destination MAC address, then forwards the packet out the port associated with the MAC address.