MAC Address Management
Appendix B Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Determining MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Overview
The switch assigns MAC addresses in these areas:
I
I
MAC addresses are assigned at the factory. The switch automatically
implements these addresses for VLANs and ports as they are added to the
switch.
N o t e
The switch's base MAC address is also printed on a label affixed to the back
of the switch.
Menu: Viewing the Switch's MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
For management functions:
•
One Base MAC address assigned to the default VLAN (VID = 1)
•
Additional MAC address(es) corresponding to additional VLANs you
configure in the switch
For internal switch operations: One MAC address per port (See "CLI:
Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses" on page B-4.)
B
B-1