Forward Or Filter - Edge-Core ES4624-SFP Manual

time for MAC address entry in ES4624-SFP/ES4626-SFP switch. Aging time can be
modified in ES4624-SFP/ES4626-SFP switch.

6.1.2 Forward or Filter

The switch will forward or filter received data frames according to the MAC table.
Take the above figure as an example, assuming ES4624-SFP/ES4626-SFP switch have
learnt the MAC address of PC1 and PC3, and the user manually configured the mapping
relationship for PC2 and PC4 to ports. The MAC table of ES4624-SFP/ES4626-SFP
switch will be:
MAC Address
00-01-11-11-11-11
00-01-22-22-22-22
00-01-33-33-33-33
00-01-44-44-44-44
1. Forward data according to the MAC table
If PC1 sends a message to PC3, the switch will forward the data received on port 1/5
from port 1/12.
2. Filter data according to the MAC table
If PC1 sends a message to PC2, the switch, on checking the MAC table, will find
PC2 and PC1 are in the same physical segment and filter the message (i.e. drop this
message).
Three types of frames can be forwarded by the switch:
Broadcast frame
Multicast frame
Unicast frame
The following describes how the switch deals with all the three types of frames:
1. Broadcast frame: The switch can segregate collision domains but not broadcast
domains. If no VLAN is set, all devices connected to the switch are in the same
broadcast domain. When the switch receives a broadcast frame, it forwards the
frame in all ports. When VLANs are configured in the switch, the MAC table will be
adapted accordingly to add VLAN information. In this case, the switch will not
forward the received broadcast frames in all ports, but forward the frames in all ports
in the same VLAN.
2. Multicast frame: When IGMP Snooping function is not enabled, multicast frames are
processed in the same way as broadcast frames; when IGMP Snooping is enabled,
the switch will only forward the multicast frames to the ports belonging to the very
multicast group.
Port number
1/5
1/5
1/12
1/12
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Dynamic learning
Static configuration
Dynamic learning
Static configuration