Item
Description
Task
Configuring the Switch to
Discard Packets with an
All-0 MAC Address
A faulty device may send
packets with an all-zero
source or destination MAC
address to the switch. You
can configure the switch to
discard such packets and
send an alarm to the network
management system (NMS).
You can locate the faulty
device according to the
alarm.
1.6.4 Configuring the
Router to Discard Packets
with an All-0 MAC Address
1.5 Default Configuration
This section describes the default configuration of a MAC address table.
Table 1-2
Default values of a MAC address entry
Parameter
Default Value
Aging time of a dynamic MAC address entry 300 seconds
Whether MAC address learning is enabled
Enable
Port security
Disabled
Limit on the number of MAC addresses
learned by an interface
1
Action to be taken when the number of
learned MAC addresses reaches the limit
Restrict
Discarding packets with all-0 invalid MAC
addresses
Disabled
Alarms generated when receiving packets
with all-0 invalid MAC addresses
Disabled
1.6 Configuring the MAC Address Table
This section describes the MAC address table configuration.
1.6.1 Configuring the MAC Address Table
This section describes procedures to configure static, blackhole, and dynamic MAC address
entries, prevent an interface from learning MAC addresses, limit the number of learned MAC
addresses.
Huawei AR530&AR550 Series Industrial Switch Routers
Configuration Guide - Ethernet Switching
1 MAC Address Table Configuration
Issue 01 (2014-11-30)
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