C H A P T E R 5
Using Local Management
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Configure MAC Address Filter Table
Description
MAC address filtering allows the switch to drop unwanted traffic. The
switch will drop any traffic when it sees the specified MAC address in
either the source address or destination address of the incoming packet.
For example, if your network is congested because of high utilization
from a specific MAC address, you can filter all traffic transmitted from
that address and restore network flow, while you troubleshoot the
problem.
Enter MAC: Type the MAC address you want to filter.
VLAN/VLAN ID (when port-based or tag-based VLANs are
running): If VLANs are active on the switch you can set MAC address
filtering on a per VLAN basis. For port-based VLANs, press the
z
to select the name of VLAN. For tag-based VLANs, type in the VLAN
ID where the MAC address belongs.
ADD: Press
e
to activate the filter and add the MAC address to the
list.
DELETE: Press
e
to remove the filter for the specified MAC
address.
LOCATION
Main Menu
Configure Stack
Forwarding and Filtering
Configure MAC...
NOTE
If tag-based (IEEE 802.1Q) or
port-based VLANs are
currently running, you must
assign each MAC address filter
to a specific VLAN.
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