- Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch Owner's Manual

Managing MAC address forwarding database table 99

Figure 27 "show mac-address-table command output" (page 99) displays

sample output from the show mac-address-table command.

Figure 27

show mac-address-table command output

mac-address-table aging-time command

The mac-address-table aging-time command sets the time

that the switch retains unseen MAC addresses. The syntax for the

mac-address-table aging-time command is:

mac-address-table aging-time <time>

The mac-address-table aging-time command is executed in the

Global Conﬁguraion command mode.

Table 16 "mac-address-table aging-time command parameters and

variables" (page 99) describes the parameters and variables for the

mac-address-table aging-time command.

Table 16

mac-address-table aging-time command parameters and variables

Parameters

and

variables

Description

time Enter the aging time in seconds that you want for MAC

addresses before they are flushed.

default mac-address-table aging-time command

The default mac-address-table aging-time command sets the

time that the switch retains unseen MAC addresses to 300 seconds. The

syntax for the default mac-address-table aging-time command

is:

default mac-address aging-time

The default mac-address-table aging-time command is executed

in the Global Conﬁguration command mode.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Conﬁguration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007