Avaya P334T-ML Switch User Manual


 
Chapter 11 Avaya P330 Layer 2 Features
Avaya P334T-ML User’s Guide 97
MAC Aging
Overview
The MAC Aging feature allows the user to configure a time interval after which
unused entries in the MAC Table will be deleted.
Configuring the P330 for MAC Aging
This section describes the configuration of the P330 for the MAC Aging
functionality.
MAC Aging is configured on the stack level.
MAC Aging can be globally enabled/disabled using the set mac-aging
command.
After firmware upgrade to version 4.0, MAC Aging default state is disabled.
After NVRAM INIT, MAC Aging default state is enabled.
“mac-aging-time” is set in minutes:
Default=5 minutes
Minimum time=1 minute; maximum time= 3600 min
L On a mixed P330/P330-ML stack, MAC Aging—if enabled—will apply only to
P330-ML modules in the stack.
MAC Aging CLI Commands
The following table contains a list of the CLI commands for the MAC Aging feature.
The rules of syntax and output examples are all set out in detail in the P330 Reference
Guide.
In order to... Use the following command...
Enable/Disable MAC Aging set mac-aging
Set the MAC aging time in minutes
(0=don’t age).
set mac-aging-time
Display the current status of the
MAC aging function
show mac-aging
Display the MAC aging time in
minutes.
show mac-aging-time