MAC Address Table Attribute Configuration

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Configuring MAC Address Attribute.................................................................................1
1.1 MAC Address Configuration Task List.................................................................................1
1.2 MAC Address Configuration Task........................................................................................1
1.2.1 Configuring Static Mac Address................................................................................1
1.2.2 Configuring MAC Address Aging Time......................................................................1
1.2.3 Configring VLAN-shared MAC Address....................................................................2
1.2.4 Displaying MAC Address..........................................................................................2
1.2.5 Clearing dynamic MAC Address...............................................................................2

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Chapter 1 Configuring MAC Address Attribute

1.1 MAC Address Configuration Task List

 Configuring Static Mac Address

 Configuring Mac Address Aging Time

 Configring VLAN-shared MAC Address

 Displaying Mac Address Table

 Clearing Dynamic Mac Address

1.2 MAC Address Configuration Task

1.2.1 Configuring Static Mac Address

Static MAC address entries are MAC address entries that do not age by the
switch and can only be deleted manually. According to the actual requirements
during the operation process, you can add and delete a static MAC address. Use
the following command in privileged level to add and delete a static MAC address.

Command Purpose

configure Enters the global configuration mode.

[no] mac address-table static mac-addr Adds/deletes a static MAC address entry.
vlan vlan-id interface interface-id
Mac-addr indicates the MAC address.

Vlan-id indicates the VLAN number. Valid

value is from 1~4094.

Interface-id indicates the interface name.

exit Returns to EXEC mode.

write Saves configuration.

1.2.2 Configuring MAC Address Aging Time

When a dynamic MAC address is not used during the specified aging time, the
switch will delete this MAC address from the MAC address table. The aging time
of the switch MAC address can be configured in terms of needs. The default aging
time is 300 seconds.

Configure the aging time of MAC address in the privileged mode as follows:

command purpose

configure Enters the global configuration mode

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mac address-table aging-time [0 | 10- Configures the aging time of MAC address.
1000000]
0 indicates no-age of the MAC address.

Valid value is from 10 to 1000000 in seconds.

exit Returns to the management mode.

write Saves configuration.

1.2.3 Configring VLAN-shared MAC Address

When a port is configured with the VLAN-shared MAC address, the MAC address
learned by the port will be shared by all VLAN, that is, other VLANs will learn the
MAC address too.

Perform the following steps in privileged mode to configure the MAC address
shared by VLANs.

Command Purpose

configure Enters the global configuration mode.

interface q0/1 Enters the to-be-configured interface.

switchport shared-learning Configures the MAC address shared by VLAN.

exit Returns to the global configuration mode.

exit Returns to the management mode.

write Saves configuration.

1.2.4 Displaying MAC Address

Since debugging and management are required in operation process, we want to

know content of the switch MAC address table. Use the show command to display
content of the switch MAC address table.

Command purpose

show mac address-table {dynamic Displays content of the MAC address table.
[interface interface-id | vlan vlan-id] | static}
Dynamic indicates the MAC address that
acquires dynamically.

Vlan-id indicates the VLAN number. Valid

value is from 1 to 4094.

Interface-id indicates the interface name.

Static indicates the static MAC address table.

1.2.5 Clearing dynamic MAC Address

The acquired MAC addresses need to be cleared in some circumstances.

Use the following command to delete a dynamic MAC address in privileged mode:

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command purpose

clear mac address-table dynamic [address Deletes a dynamic MAC address entry.
mac-addr | interface interface-id | vlan vlan-
Dynamic indicates the MAC address that
id]
dynamically acquires.

Mac-addr is the MAC address.

Interface-id indicates the interface name.

Vlan-id indicates the VLAN number. Valid

value is from 1 to 4094.

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