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C H A P T E R 5 Intel® NetStructure™ 470T and 470F Switches User Guide
Configure MAC Address Filtering
Description
MAC address filtering allows the switch to drop unwanted packets. The
switch drop a packet when it sees the specified MAC address in either the
source address or destination address. For example, if your network is
congested because of high utilization from a specific MAC address, you can
filter all packets transmitted from that address and restore network flow
while you troubleshoot the problem.
Enter MAC: Indicates the MAC address you want to filter.
VLAN/VLAN ID: Indicates VLAN or VLAN ID. If VLANs are active on
the switch, you can set MAC address filtering on a per VLAN basis. For
port-based VLANs, press
z to select the name of the VLAN. For
tag-based VLANs, type the VLAN ID.
ADD/DELETE: Adds or removes a MAC address from the switch’s table.
LOCATION
Main Menu
Configure Device
Forwarding and Filtering
MAC Address Filtering
NOTE
If tag-based (IEEE 802.1Q) or
port-based VLANs are currently
active and you want to enable
MAC address filtering, you must
assign each MAC address filter to
a specific VLAN.