Chapter 43 MAC Table

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 144 Management > MAC Table

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Condition

Select one of the buttons and click Search to only display the data which

 

matches the criteria you specified.

 

Select All to display any entry in the MAC table of the Switch.

 

Select Static to display the MAC entries manually configured on the

 

Switch.

 

Select MAC and enter a MAC address in the field provided to display a

 

specified MAC entry.

 

Select VID and enter a VLAN ID in the field provided to display the MAC

 

entries belonging to the specified VLAN.

 

Select Port and enter a port number in the field provided to display the

 

MAC addresses which are forwarded on the specified port.

 

 

Sort by

Define how the Switch displays and arranges the data in the summary

 

table below.

 

Select MAC to display and arrange the data according to MAC address.

 

Select VID to display and arrange the data according to VLAN group.

 

Select PORT to display and arrange the data according to port number.

 

 

Transfer Type

Select Dynamic to MAC forwarding and click the Transfer button to

 

change all dynamically learned MAC address entries in the summary table

 

below into static entries. They also display in the Static MAC Forwarding

 

screen.

 

Select Dynamic to MAC filtering and click the Transfer button to

 

change all dynamically learned MAC address entries in the summary table

 

below into MAC filtering entries. These entries will then display only in the

 

Filtering screen and the default filtering action is Discard source.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to change the fields back to their last saved values.

 

 

Index

This is the incoming frame index number.

 

 

MAC Address

This is the MAC address of the device from which this incoming frame

 

came.

 

 

VID

This is the VLAN group to which this frame belongs.

 

 

Port

This is the port where the above MAC address is forwarded.

 

 

Type

This shows whether the MAC address is dynamic (learned by the Switch)

 

or static (manually entered in the Static MAC Forwarding screen).

 

 

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