Unicast - D-Link DES-6300 User Manual

Modular L3 Ethernet Switch User's Guide

Unicast

Unicast is a method of sending one packet to one destination, for example between a workstation and a
server. The Unicast menu has the following options:
♦ Unicast Global Forwarding Table.
♦ Unicast Forward Table Size.
Unicast Global Forwarding Table
The Unicast Forwarding Table contains information about MAC Addresses that belong to a specific
VLAN.
To display the Unicast Global Forwarding Table:
♦ Select Bridge > Unicast > Unicast Global Forwarding Table. The Unicast Global Forwarding
Table opens:
Figure 6- 66. Unicast Global Forwarding Table window
The Unicast Global Forwarding Table displays the following fields:
♦ VLAN ID – Identifies the VLAN to which the MAC Address applies.
♦ MAC Address – Identifies the Group MAC address of a frame to which the filtering information
applies.
♦ Port – Identifies the specific port through which the MAC Address was learned.
♦ Status – Indicates the port status. The possible values are:
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Learned – The entry was automatically learned.
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Self – The entry is a port on the device.
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Mgmt – The entry is a static node manually entered using the
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Other – Node status cannot be described by one of the above.
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