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Switches store the addresses for all known devices. This information is

used to pass traffic directly between the inbound and outbound ports. All

the addresses learned by monitoring traffic are stored in the dynamic

address table. You can also manually configure static addresses that are

bound to a specific port.

This chapter describes the following topics:

MAC Address Learning

Static MAC Addresses

Address Aging Time

Dynamic Address Cache

Use the MAC Address > Learning Status page to enable or disable MAC

address learning on an interface.

"mac-learning" on page 1090

When MAC address learning is disabled, the switch immediately stops

learning new MAC addresses on the specified interface. Only incoming

traffic with source addresses stored in the static address table (see

"Setting Static Addresses" on page

to access the network through that interface.

Dynamic addresses stored in the address table when MAC address

learning is disabled are flushed from the system, and no dynamic

addresses are subsequently learned until MAC address learning has

been re-enabled. Any device not listed in the static address table that

attempts to use the interface after MAC learning has been disabled will

be prevented from accessing the switch.

– Enables or disables address learning on an

– Configures static entries in the address table.

– Sets timeout for dynamically learned entries.

– Shows dynamic entries in the address table.

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