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static and dynamic entries. The static entries are configured by the network administrator if
the administrator wants to do a fixed mapping between the DMAC address and switch
ports.
The frames also contain a MAC address (SMAC address), which shows the MAC address
of the equipment sending the frame. The SMAC address is used by the switch to
automatically update the MAC table with these dynamic MAC addresses. Dynamic entries
are removed from the MAC table if no frame with the corresponding SMAC address has
been seen after a configurable age time.
Function name:
Filtering Data Base – General Setup
Function description:
The MAC Address Table is configured on this page. Set timeouts for entries in the dynamic
MAC Table and configure the static MAC table here.
Parameters description:
Aging Configuration
Disable Automatic Aging Check it to enable this function.
Aging Time
By default, dynamic entries are removed from the MAC
table after 300 seconds. This removal is also called aging.
Configure aging time by entering a value here in seconds;
for example, Age time seconds.
The allowed range is 10 to 1000000 seconds.
Disable the automatic aging of dynamic entries by checking
the box of Disable automatic aging.
MAC Table Learning
Auto
Learning is done automatically as soon as a frame with
unknown SMAC is received.
If the learning mode for a given port is greyed out and
another module is in control of the mode, it cannot be
changed by the user. An example of such a module is the