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CHAPTER 7: MAC ADDRESS TABLES
7.1 CONFIGURATION
Switching of frames is based upon the DMAC address contained in the frame. The switch builds a table that maps MAC addresses
to switch ports for knowing which ports the frames should go to (based upon the DMAC address in the frame). This table contains
both 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 have been seen after a configurable age time.
WEB INTERFACE
To configure MAC Address Table in the web interface:
1. Click MAC Address Tables and Configuration.
2. Specify the Disable Automatic Aging and Aging Time.
3. Specify the Port Members (Auto, Disable, Secure).
4. Specify the Learning-disabled VLANs.
5. Add new Static entry, Specify the VLAN IP and Mac address, Port Members.
6. Click Apply.
FIGURE 7-1. MAC ADDRESS TABLE CONFIGURATION SCREEN #1