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Chapter 15 Configuring Access Control
Configuring Policy-Based Forwarding
We recommend that you use the default MAC address that is provided by the MAC address PROM. When
you specify your own MAC address using the
set pbf mac
command, if the MAC address is a duplicate
of a MAC address that is already in use, some packets might get dropped.
To display the PBF status and the MAC address, perform this task in privileged mode:
To enable PBF, perform one of these tasks in privileged mode:
This example shows how to check the PBF status and the MAC address, enable PBF with a default MAC
address, and verify the change:
Console> (enable)
show pbf
Pbf status Mac address
----------- ------------------
not set 00-00-00-00-00-00
Console> (enable)
Console> (enable)
set pbf
PBF committed successfully.
Operation successful.
Console> (enable)
Console> (enable)
show pbf
Pbf status Mac address
----------- ------------------
ok 00-01-64-61-39-c2
Console> (enable)
This example shows how to enable PBF with a specific MAC address:
Console> (enable)
set pbf mac 00-11-11-11-11-11
PBF committed successfully.
Operation successful.
Console> (enable)
Console> (enable)
show pbf
Pbf status Mac address
----------- ------------------
ok 00-11-11-11-11-11
Console> (enable)
To disable PBF and clear the PBF MAC address, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Command
Display the PBF status and the MAC address.
show pbf
Task
Command
Enable PBF with a default MAC address.
set pbf
Enable PBF with a specific MAC address.
set pbf
[
mac
mac_address
]
Task
Command
Disable PBF and clear the PBF MAC address.
clear pbf