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Forwarding
Database (FDB)
This chapter describes the contents of the forwarding database (FDB),
how the FDB works, and how to configure the FDB.
Overview of the FDB
The Intel
®
NetStructure
™
480T Routing Switch maintains a database of
all media access control (MAC) addresses received on all of its ports. It
uses the information in this database to decide whether a frame should be
forwarded or filtered.
FDB Contents
Each FDB entry consists of the MAC address of the device, an identifier
for the port on which it was received, and an identifier for the VLAN to
which the device belongs. Frames destined for devices that are not in the
FDB are flooded to all members of the VLAN.
FDB Entry Types
The following are four types of entries in the FDB:
•
Dynamic entries
— Initially, all entries in the database are dynamic.
Entries in the database are removed (aged-out) if, after a period of time
(aging time), the device has not transmitted. This prevents the database
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Summary of Contents for 480T
Page 16: ...14 P R E F A C E...
Page 88: ...86 C H A P T E R 4 Configuring Switch Ports...
Page 112: ...110 C H A P T E R 5 Virtual LANs VLANs...
Page 152: ...150 C H A P T E R 8 Quality of Service QoS...
Page 166: ...164 C H A P T E R 9 Enterprise Standby Router Protocol...
Page 198: ...196 C H A P T E R 1 0 IP Unicast Routing...
Page 228: ...226 C H A P T E R 1 1 RIP and OSPF...
Page 254: ...252 C H A P T E R 1 3 IPX Routing...
Page 274: ...272 C H A P T E R 1 4 Access Policies...
Page 296: ...294 C H A P T E R 1 6 Using Web Device Manager...
Page 320: ...318 A P P E N D I X A...
Page 328: ...326 A P P E N D I X B...
Page 346: ...344 A P P E N D I X C...
Page 358: ...356 I N D E X...
Page 366: ...364 I N D E X...