American Fibertek SM8P-SFP - Manual (Page 83)

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3-4-4. MAC Alias
Function name:
MAC Alias
Function description:
MAC Alias function is used to let you assign MAC address a plain English
name. This will help you tell which MAC address belongs to which user in the
illegal access report. At the initial time, it shows all pairs of the existed alias
name and MAC address.
There are three MAC alias functions in this function folder, including MAC Alias
Add, MAC Alias Edit and MAC Alias Delete. You can click <Create/Edit>
button to add/modify a new or an existed alias name for a specified MAC
address, or mark an existed entry to delete it. Alias name must be composed
of A-Z, a-z and 0-9 only and has a maximal length of 15 characters.
Parameter description:
MAC Address:
Fig. 3-29
It is a six-byte long Ethernet hardware address and usually expressed by
hex and separated by hyphens. For example,
Alias:
00 – 40 - C7 - D6 – 00 - 01
MAC alias name you assign.
Note: If there are too many MAC addresses learned in the table, we
recommend you inputting the MAC address and alias name directly.