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Static MAC Forward Setup

Use these screens to configure static MAC address forwarding.

8.1 Static MAC Forwarding Overview

A static MAC address is an address that has been manually entered in the MAC address learning table. Static MAC addresses do not age out. When you set up static MAC address rules, you are setting static MAC addresses for a port. This may reduce the need for broadcasting.

8.2 Configuring Static MAC Forwarding

Click Advanced Applications > Static MAC Forwarding in the navigation panel to display the configuration screen as shown. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to view the summary table for the settings.

Figure 35 Static MAC Forwarding

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 22 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.

 

 

 

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