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Dynamic Addresses
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Address Aging
Static Addresses
From the
Static Addresses
page, you can specify the Media Access Control (MAC) address and port number of systems that are to remain available to the
switch for an indeterminate amount of time.
The following options are available:
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Static Address Counts
—
Indicates the total number of static addresses configured on the switch
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Current Static Address Table
—
Lists all static addresses
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Interface
—
Allows you to select the port or trunk associated with the system you want to set as static
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MAC Address
—
Allows you to enter the MAC address of a system you want to set as static
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VLAN
—
Allows you to select the VLAN associated with the interface
To add a new address to the table, select the interface, MAC address, and VLAN, and then click
Add Static Address
. To delete an address from the table,
select the table entry in the list box, and then click
Remove Static Address
.
CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the
Address Table/Static Addresses
page.
Example
Console(config)#bridge 1 address 00-e0-29-94-34-de vlan 1 forward ethernet 1/1 delete-on-reset
Console(config)#
Dynamic Addresses
The Dynamic Address lookup table allows you to view the MAC addresses that are currently in the address database. When addresses are in the database,
the packets intended for those addresses are forwarded directly to those ports. You can sort the table by interface, VLAN, and MAC address by selecting the
sort key from the drop-down menu.
The
Dynamic Addresses
page contains the following options for querying the dynamic MAC address table:
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Interface
—
Check the option box and select a port or trunk from the drop-down menus.
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MAC Address
—
Check the option box and type the address in the box provided.
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VLAN
—
Check the option box and select the appropriate VLAN from the drop-down menu.
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Address Table Sort Key
—
Select the key from the drop-down menu to sort the displayed table entries.
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Query
button
—
Click this button to execute the query once you have selected the criteria for the query.
Command
Usage
bridge
bridge-group
address
mac-address
vlan vlan-id forward
interface
[
action
]
Maps a static address to a port in a VLAN
The action parameters are:
delete-on-reset
: Assignment lasts until
switch is reset
permanent
: Assignment is permanent
show bridge
bridge-group
[
interface
] [
address
[
mask
]] [vlan
vlan-id
] [sort {address | vlan | interface}]
Allows you to view classes of entries in the
bridge-forwarding database