Assigning mac learning priority to an interface, Reached – H3C Technologies H3C S5560 Series Switches User Manual

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To configure the MAC learning limit on an interface:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view.

interface interface-type
interface-number

N/A

3.

Configure the MAC learning
limit on the interface.

mac-address max-mac-count
count

By default, the maximum number of
MAC addresses that can be
learned on an interface is not

configured.

Configuring the device to forward unknown frames

after the MAC learning limit on an interface is
reached

In this document, unknown frames refer to frames whose source MAC addresses are not in the MAC

address table.
You can enable or disable forwarding of unknown frames after the MAC learning limit is reached.
To enable the interface to forward unknown frames after the MAC learning limit is reached:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter interface view.

Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface

view.
interface interface-type

interface-number

Enter Layer 2 aggregate

interface view.

interface bridge-aggregation

interface-number

N/A

3.

Configure the device to
forward unknown frames

received on the interface after
the MAC learning limit on the

interface is reached.

mac-address max-mac-count
enable-forwarding

By default, the device can forward
unknown frames received on an
interface after the MAC learning

limit on the interface is reached.

Assigning MAC learning priority to an interface

IMPORTANT:

To make this feature take effect in an IRF fabric, you must also enable MAC address synchronization by
using the mac-address mac-roaming enable command.

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