Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User's Guide
♦ Switch, Module, and Port The Switch, module, and port number are entered in these fields at the top
of the screen. The Switch will always forward traffic to the specified device through this port. The
bottom of the screen will display each corresponding destination address for these three items.
In the lower part of the screen, MAC Address, Switch, Module, Port, VLAN, and Status are all read-only
fields. The status of the static forwarding table entry can be "in use" or "not apply." "Not apply" means that
there is a static filter for the same MAC address. Static filters always take precedence over static
forwarding entries. The Switch will automatically upgrade the Status to "in use" once the static filter is
removed.
Configure MAC Address Filtering
The Static Filtering Table screen contains filtering information configured into the Switch by (local or
network) management specifying destination addresses which are not allowed to be forwarded. The Switch
will check both the destination and source MAC addresses on all packets.
To access the Static Filtering Table screen, select Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table from the
System Configuration menu. Then select Configure MAC Address Filtering from the bottom of the
Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table screen. The following screen appears:
To make a change to this screen, choose Add or Remove in the Action field. Then enter the MAC Address and
VID. Press APPLY to let the changes take effect.
Configure Static Multicast Filtering
Multicast filtering allows you to block or forward traffic over each port for one multicast group.
To access the Static Multicast Filtering Table Configuration screen, select Configure Filtering and
Forwarding Table from the System Configuration menu. Then select Configure Static Multicast
Filtering from the bottom of the Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table screen. The following screen
appears:
Using the Console Interface
Figure 6-22. Static Filtering Table screen
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