Forwarding and filtering, Description – Intel NetStructure 470 User Manual

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Intel® NetStructure™ 470T and 470F Switches User Guide

Forwarding and Filtering

Description

Lock address table: Determines if the table learns new MAC addresses
(press

z). <Yes> prevents the switch from learning new MAC

addresses. Any existing addresses that the switch has learned remain in the
address table.

MAC address aging: Sets the time period (in seconds) at which the switch
scans its MAC address table to determine the age of entries.

Configure IGMP snooping: Sets Internet Group Management Protocols
(IGMP) options for multimedia applications, such as desktop video
conferencing, that use IP multicast addresses.

Configure permanent MAC addresses: Allows permanent mapping
between a network device and a port.

Configure port security: Configures the switch to only allow the
transmission of authorized traffic over a particular port(s).

Configure MAC address filtering: Allows the switch to drop traffic
based on MAC source or destination addresses.

Configure Ethernet multicast filtering: Blocks or forwards traffic over
each port for Ethernet (MAC-based) multicast groups.

LOCATION

Main Menu

Configure Device

Forwarding and Filtering

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