Chapter 9 Static MAC Forward Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 20 Static MAC Forwarding

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate a rule

 

without deleting it by clearing this check box.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes for this static MAC address

 

forwarding rule.

 

 

MAC

Enter the MAC address in valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal character

Address

pairs.

 

Note: Static MAC addresses do not age out.

 

 

VID

Enter the VLAN identification number.

 

 

Port

Type the number of a port where the MAC address entered in the previous field will be

 

automatically forwarded.

 

 

Add

Click Add to insert the entry in the summary table below and save your changes to the

 

switch’s run-time memory. The switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses

 

power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the

 

non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to reset the fields to your previous configuration.

 

 

Clear

Click Clear to clear the fields to the factory defaults.

9.3 Viewing and Editing Static MAC Forwarding Rules

To view a summary of the rule configuration, scroll down to the summary table at the bottom of the Static MAC Forwarding screen.

To change the settings of a rule, click a number in the Index field.

Figure 46 Static MAC Forwarding: Summary Table

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 21 Static MAC Forwarding: Summary Table

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Index

Click an index number to modify a static MAC address rule for a port.

 

 

Active

This field displays whether this static MAC address forwarding rule is active (Yes) or

 

not (No). You may temporarily deactivate a rule without deleting it.

Name

This field displays the descriptive name for identification purposes for this static MAC

 

address-forwarding rule.

 

 

MAC Address

This field displays the MAC address that will be forwarded.

 

 

VID

This field displays the VLAN identification number to which the MAC address belongs.

 

 

Port

This field displays the port where the MAC address shown in the next field will be

 

forwarded.

 

 

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