
ES-2108 Series User’s Guide
94 Chapter 9 Static MAC Forwarding
Figure 44 Static MAC Forwarding
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 20 Static MAC Forwarding
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active Select this check box to activate your rule. You may temporarily deactivate a rule
without deleting it by clearing this check box.
Name Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes for this static MAC address
forwarding rule.
MAC Address Enter the MAC address in valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal
character pairs.
Note: Static MAC addresses do not age out.
VID Enter the VLAN identification number.
Port Type the port number where the MAC address entered in the previous field will be
automatically forwarded.
Add After you set the fields above, click Add to insert a new rule.
Clicking Add saves your changes to the switch’s run-time memory. The switch loses
these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top
navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done
configuring.
Cancel Click Cancel to reset the fields.
Clear Click Clear to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Index Click an index number to modify a static MAC address rule for a port.
Active This field displays whether this static MAC address forwarding rule is active (Yes) or
not (No). You may temporarily deactivate a rule without deleting it.
Name This field displays the descriptive name for identification purposes for this static MAC
address-forwarding rule.
MAC Address This field displays the MAC address that will be forwarded and the VLAN identification
number to which the MAC address belongs.
VID This field displays the VLAN identification number.
Port This field displays the port where the MAC address shown in the next field will be
forwarded.