Cli: Viewing The Port And Vlan Mac Addresses - ProCurve 6400cl Management And Configuration Manual

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CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses

The MAC address assigned to each switch port is used internally by such
features as Flow Control and the spanning-tree protocol. Using the walkmib
command to determine the MAC address assignments for individual ports can
sometimes be useful when diagnosing switch operation.
Switch Series MAC Address Allocation
5300xl and The switch allots 26 MAC addresses per slot. For a given slot, if a
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four-port module is installed, then the switch uses the first four MAC
addresses in the allotment for that slot, and the remaining 22 MAC
addresses are unused. If a 24-port module is installed, the switch
uses the first 24 MAC addresses in the allotment, and so-on. The
switch's base MAC address is assigned to VLAN (VID) 1 and appears
in the walkmib listing after the MAC addresses for the ports. (All
VLANs in the switch have the same MAC address.)
3400cl-24G This switch uses 24 MAC addresses for the 24 fixed ports, plus two
MAC addresses if an optional 10-gigabit expansion module is
installed. The switch's base MAC address is assigned to VLAN (VID)
1 and appears in the walkmib listing after the MAC addresses for
the ports. (All VLANs in the switch have the same MAC address.)
3400cl-48G Same as for the 3400cl-24G, except this model uses 48 MAC
addresses for the 48 fixed ports.
6400cl These switches use 6 MAC addresses for the 6 fixed ports, plus two
MAC addresses if an optional 10-gigabit expansion module is
installed. The switch's base MAC address is assigned to VLAN (VID)
1 and appears in the walkmib listing after the MAC addresses for
the ports. (All VLANs in the switch have the same MAC address.)
To display the switch's MAC addresses, use the walkmib command at the
command prompt:
This procedure displays the MAC addresses for all ports and existing VLANs
in the switch, regardless of which VLAN you select.
1. If the switch is at the CLI Operator level, use the enable command to enter
the Manager level of the CLI.
2. Type the following command to display the MAC address for each port on
the switch:
ProCurve# walkmib ifPhysAddress
MAC Address Management
Determining MAC Addresses
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