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8.1 Directed frame forwarding
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8.1 Directed frame forwarding
Directed frame forwarding is a method used by the Switch to avoid unneces-
sary increases in the network load. The Switch features the following directed
frame forwarding functions:
D
Store-and-forward
D
Multiadress capability
D
Aging of learned addresses
D
Static address entries
8.1.1 Store-and-forward
All data received by the Switch is stored, and its validity is checked. Invalid
and defective data packets (> 1,522 Bytes or CRC errors) as well as frag-
ments (< 64 Bytes) are discarded. Valid data packets are forwarded by the
Switch.
8.1.2 Multi-address capability
The Switch learns all the source addresses for a port. Only packets with
D
unknown addresses
D
these addresses or
D
a multi/broadcast address
in the destination address field are sent to this port. The Switch enters
learned source addresses in its filter table (see
).
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