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Users Manual of GPL-8000
Clearing Dynamic Mac Address
MAC address Configuration Task
13.2.1 Configuring Static Mac Address
Static MAC address entries are MAC address entries that do not age by the switch and can only be deleted
manually. According to the actual requirements during the operation process, you can add and delete a static
MAC address. Use the following command in privileged level to add and delete a static MAC address.
Command Purpose
configure Enters the global configuration mode.
[no] mac address-table staticmac-addrvlan
vlan-idinterface interface-id
Adds/deletes a static MAC address entry.
Mac-addr indicates the MAC address.
Vlan-id indicates the VLAN number. Valid value is from
1~4094.
Interface-id indicates the interface name.
exit Returns to EXEC mode.
write Saves configuration.
13.2.2 Configuring MAC Address Aging Time
When a dynamic MAC address is not used during the specified aging time, the switch will delete this MAC
address from the MAC address table. The aging time of the switch MAC address can be configured in terms
of needs. The default aging time is 300 seconds.
Configure the aging time of MAC address in the privileged mode as follows:
Command Purpose
configure Enters the global configuration mode
mac address-table
aging-time [0 | 10-1000000]
Configures the aging time of MAC address.
0 indicates no-age of the MAC address.
Valid value is from 10 to 1000000 in seconds.
exit Returns to the management mode.
write Saves configuration.
13.2.3 Displaying MAC Address Table
Since debugging and management are required in operation process, we want to know content of the switch
MAC address table. Use the show command to display content of the switch MAC address table.
Command Purpose
show mac address-table {dynamic
[interface interface-id | vlan vlan-id] |
static}
Displays content of the MAC address
table.
Dynamic indicates the MAC address
that acquires dynamically.