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Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface 65
Please refer to the Packet Forwarding section of the
“Switch Management Concepts”
chapter of this manual
for more detailed information.
Configure Static Forwarding Table Entry
The
Static Forwarding Table
displays a list of manually defined static unicast MAC address entries.
To access the
Static Forwarding Table Configuration
screen, choose
Configure Filtering and
Forwarding Table
from the
System
Configuration
menu. Then select
Configure Static Forwarding
Table Entry
from the bottom of the
Configure Filtering and Forwarding table
screen. The following
screen appears:
Figure 6-21. Static Forwarding Table Configuration screen
By mapping a MAC address to a destination port, the switch can permanently forward traffic for a specified
device through a specific port, even after long periods of network inactivity or during times of network
congestion.
The following fields at the top of the screen can be set:
♦
Action
Choose
Add
or
Remove
for each entry from the table.
♦
MAC Address
Enter a MAC address in this field at the top of the screen. This is the MAC address of
the device that you are creating a permanent forwarding address for. A total of ten destination
addresses per page will be seen at the bottom of the screen. The Switch can hold up to 256 entries.