Security; Mac Address - Planet GSW-2400HPS User Manual

4.4 Security

Use the Security items to display and configure security functions of the Web Smart Switch. Under security the following topics
are provided to configure and view the security functions: This section has the following items:

■ MAC Address

■ MAC Constrain
■ Storm Control
4.4.1 MAC Address
Switching of frames is based upon the DMAC address contained in the frame. The Web Smart Switch builds up a table that
maps MAC addresses to switch ports for knowing which ports the frames should go to (based upon the DMAC address in the
frame). This table contains both static and dynamic entries. The static entries are configured by the network administrator if the
administrator wants to do a fixed mapping between the DMAC address and switch ports.
The frames also contain a MAC address (SMAC address), which shows the MAC address of the equipment sending the frame.
The SMAC address is used by the switch to automatically update the MAC table with these dynamic MAC addresses. Dynamic
entries are removed from the MAC table if no frame with the corresponding SMAC address has been seen after a configurable
age time.
Use the MAC Address items to display and configure MAC Address functions of the Web Smart Switch. Under MAC Address
the following topics are provided to configure and view the MAC Address functions: This section has the following items:
■ MAC Forwarding Table
■ Static MAC
Configures MAC Address settings on this page.
Configures the MAC Constrain setting on this page.
Configures the Storm Control setting on this page.
Configures MAC Forwarding Table settings on this page.
Configures the Static MAC setting on this page.
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