Chapter 5 View

 

Table 20 View: 802.1d: MAC Table (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Port

This is the port from which the above MAC address was learned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

This shows whether the MAC address is dynamic (learned by the switch) or static

 

 

 

(manually entered in the Static MAC Forwarding screen).

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC Amount

This field displays the number of MAC address entries in the MAC table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Page

Click Previous Page to display the previous screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Page

Click Next Page to display the next screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Page

This field displays the current page number.

 

 

 

Enter a number and click Show Page to display that page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MACs/Page

This field displays the number of MAC address entries to display in one page.

 

 

 

Enter a number (1-99) and click Show Page to display that number of MAC

 

 

 

address entries in a page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polling

The text box displays how often (in seconds) this screen refreshes. You may

 

 

 

change the refresh interval by typing a new number in the text box and then

 

 

 

clicking the Apply button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close

Click Close to close the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

5.5.2 ARP Table

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol for mapping an Internet Protocol address (IP address) to a physical machine address, also known as a Media Access Control or MAC address, on the local area network.

Follow the steps below to view the ARP table.

1Click View > 802.1d.

2To view the ARP table of a switch choose a switch from the list located on the left-hand side of the screen.

3Click the ARP Table tab.

 

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