Layer; Managing The Mac Address Table; Clearing Mac Address Entries - Dell PowerEdge M IO Aggregator Command Reference Manual

Layer 2

The Aggregator supports CLI commands to manage the MAC address table:
•

Clearing MAC Address Entries

• Displaying the MAC Address Table
The Aggregator auto-configures with support for
Note: On an Aggregator, all ports are configured by default as members of all (4094) VLANs, including
the default VLAN. All VLANs operate in Layer 2 mode. You can reconfigure the VLAN membership for
individual ports by using the
See VLAN Membership

Managing the MAC Address Table

Note: The tasks for managing the MAC address table that are described in this section can be performed
only if the Aggregator is configured to operate in stacking mode. See
On an Aggregator in stacking mode, you can manage the MAC address table by:
• Clearing MAC Address Entries
• Displaying the MAC Address Table
Clearing MAC Address Entries
Learned MAC addresses are entered in the table as dynamic entries, which means that they are subject to
aging. For any dynamic entry, if no packet arrives on the switch with the MAC address as the source or
destination address within the timer period, the address is removed from the table. The default aging time
is 1800 seconds.
You can manually clear the MAC address table of dynamic entries by using the
command.
dynamic
Note: On an Aggregator, you cannot manually configure static MAC addresses. A static entry is not
subject to aging.
or
vlan tagged vlan untagged
for more information.
Network Interface Controller (NIC)
commands in INTERFACE configuration mode.
Configuring a Switch
13
Teaming.
Stack.
clear mac-address-table
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