Enabling Mac Address Roaming - HP 5120 EI Series Lan Switching Configuration Manual

NOTE:
Do not configure the MAC learning limit on any member ports of an aggregation group. Otherwise, the
member ports cannot be selected.

Enabling MAC address roaming

After you enable MAC address roaming on an IRF fabric, each member switch advertises learned MAC
addresses to other member switches.
As shown in
They connect to AP C and AP D, respectively. When Client A associates with AP C, Device A learns the
MAC address of Client A and advertises it to the member switch Device B.
Figure 6 MAC address tables of devices when Client A associates with AP C
If Client A roams to AP D, Device B learns the MAC address of Client A and advertises it to Device A to
ensure service continuity for Client A, as shown in
Figure 6, Device A and Device B form an IRF fabric enabled with MAC address roaming.
Figure 7.
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