User guide, 4 mac address – Luxul XMS-1024P User Manual

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CAUTION: Traffic Statistics settings will be restored to defaults if the

Switch is restarted and you have not selected Save Config
from the main menu and saved your running configuration to
non-volatile memory.

5.4 MAC Address

The Switch forwards traffic based on the Destination MAC Address contained in the
Packet Header. To accelerate this process the Switch maintains a MAC MAC Table, the
properties of which can be adjusted to meet the needs of the Network. By default the
MAC MAC Table is updated dynamically as Data crosses the Switch, this combined with
an Aging Timeout allows the Switch to dynamically manage the MAC MAC Table. The
Switch offers multiple options for configuration to meet the needs of your Network,
see the table below:

The types and the features of the MAC MAC Table are listed as the following:

Type

Configuration Auto Aging

MAC Address
kept after reboot

Relationship between the
bound MAC Address and
the Port

Dynamic
MAC

Automatic

Yes (Note:
Auto Aging can
be disabled
but it is not
recommended)

No

The learned MAC address
can be learned by the other
Ports in the same VLAN.

Static
MAC

Manual
Configuration

No

Yes (Note: The
configuration
must be saved to
non-volatile RAM)

The static MAC address
cannot be learned by or
added to other Ports in the
same VLAN.

MAC
Filtering

Manual
Configuration

No

Yes (Note: The
configuration
must be saved to
non-volatile RAM)

The filtered MAC address
cannot be learned by or
added to other Ports in
the same VLAN. Also if the
device is moved to a new
port the port will not be
allowed to forward Data.

Table 5-1 Types and features of MAC Table

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