Directed Frame Forwarding; Store-And-Forward; Multi-Address Capability - Hirschmann MS30, Power MICE, MACH 4000, OCTOPUS User Manual

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8.1 Directed frame forwarding

Directed frame forwarding is a method used by the Switch to avoid unneces-
sary increases in the network load. The Switch features the following directed
frame forwarding functions:
D

Store-and-forward

D
Multiadress capability
D
Aging of learned addresses
D
Static address entries
8.1.1 Store-and-forward
All data received by the Switch is stored, and its validity is checked. Invalid
and defective data packets (> 1,522 Bytes or CRC errors) as well as frag-
ments (< 64 Bytes) are discarded. Valid data packets are forwarded by the
Switch.

8.1.2 Multi-address capability

The Switch learns all the source addresses for a port. Only packets with
D
unknown addresses
D
these addresses or
D
a multi/broadcast address
in the destination address field are sent to this port. The Switch enters
learned source addresses in its filter table (see
ries" on page 104).
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