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5.10 Monitor and Diag
5.10.1 MAC Table
A MAC address tablet is a table in a network switch that maps MAC addresses to ports. The
switch uses the table to determine which port the incoming packet should be forwarded to.
Entries in a MAC address table fall into two types: dynamic and static entries. Entries in a static
MAC table are added or removed manually and cannot age out by themselves. Entries in a
dynamic MAC tablet will age out after a configured aging time. Such entries can be added by
learning or manual configuration.
Aging Configuration
Aging enables the switch to track only active MAC addresses on the network and flush out
MAC addresses that are no longer used, thereby keeping the table current. By default, aged
entries are removed after 300 seconds. You can configure aging time by entering a value in the
Age Time box in seconds. The allowed range is 10 to 1000000 seconds. You can also disable
the automatic aging of dynamic entries by checking Disable Automatic Aging.
MAC Table Learning
The switch can add the address and port on which the packet was received to the MAC table if
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