Layer 2 system commands, Chapter 8, Mac-address-table – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Command Reference

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Chapter

8

Layer 2 System Commands

mac-address-table

Use this command to set the aging time or to add static addresses to the MAC address table.

Synopsis

mac-address-table {aging-time seconds| static mac-addr forward [port-channel number | {in |
ex}tengigabitethernet slot/port | vlan vlan_id]}

no mac-address-table {aging-time | static mac-addr forward [port-channel number | {in |
ex}tengigabitethernet slot/port | vlan vlan_id]}

Operands

aging-time seconds

Specifies the time in seconds that a learned MAC address will persist after
the last update. If the aging time is set to zero (0), it means that aging is
disabled. The range of valid values is 10-100000.

static mac-addr

Specifies the Media Access Control (MAC) address (unicast or multicast) to
add to the address table. Packets with this destination address received in
the specified VLAN are forwarded to the specified interface.

forward

Forwards the MAC address to the interface.

port-channel number

Specifies the port-channel number. The range of valid values is 1 to 63.

extengigabitethernet

Specifies a valid external 10 Gbps Ethernet interface.

slot

Specifies a valid slot number.

port

Specifies a valid port number.

intengigabitethernet

Specifies a valid internal 10 Gbps Ethernet interface.

slot

Specifies a valid slot number.

port

Specifies a valid port number.

vlan vlan_id

Specifies the VLAN number. The range of valid values is 1-3583.

Defaults

The default aging time is 300 seconds.

Command

Modes

Global configuration mode

Description

Use this command to set the aging time or to add static addresses to the MAC address table.

Usage

Guidelines

The vlan keyword is mandatory because the switch only supports independent VLAN learning (IVL).

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