Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Configuring a Static MAC Address
A static entry is one that is not subject to aging. Enter static entries manually.
To create a static MAC address entry, use the following command.
Create a static MAC address entry in the MAC address table.
CONFIGURATION mode
mac-address-table static
Displaying the MAC Address Table
To display the MAC address table, use the following command.
Display the contents of the MAC address table.
EXEC Privilege mode
show mac-address-table [address | aging-time [vlan vlan-id]| count | dynamic | interface
| static | vlan]
address: displays the specified entry.
aging-time: displays the configured aging-time.
count: displays the number of dynamic and static entries for all VLANs, and the total number of entries.
dynamic: displays only dynamic entries.
interface: displays only entries for the specified interface.
static: displays only static entries.
vlan: displays only entries for the specified VLAN.
MAC Learning Limit
MAC address learning limit is a method of port security on Layer 2 port-channel and physical interfaces, and VLANs. It allows
you to set an upper limit on the number of MAC addresses that learned on an interface/VLAN. After the limit is reached, the
system drops all traffic from a device with an unlearned MAC address.
This section describes the following:
Setting the MAC Learning Limit
mac learning-limit Dynamic
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky
mac learning-limit station-move
Learning Limit Violation Actions
Setting Station Move Violation Actions
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations
Dell Networking OS Behavior: When configuring the MAC learning limit on a port or VLAN, the configuration is accepted
(becomes part of running-config and show mac learning-limit interface) before the system verifies that
sufficient CAM space exists. If the CAM check fails, a message is displayed:
%E90MH:5 %ACL_AGENT-2-ACL_AGENT_LIST_ERROR: Unable to apply access-list Mac-Limit on
TengigabitEthernet 5/84
In this case, the configuration is still present in the running-config and show output. Remove the configuration before
re-applying a MAC learning limit with a lower value. Also, ensure that you can view the Syslog messages on your session.
Setting the MAC Learning Limit
To set a MAC learning limit on an interface, use the following command.
Specify the number of MAC addresses that the system can learn off a Layer 2 interface.
INTERFACE mode
mac learning-limit address_limit
Layer 2
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