mac-address-table

Profile Config Commands

Configures the MAC address table. Use this command to create MAC address table entries by assigning a static address to the MAC address table.

Supported on the following devices:

Syntax

mac-address-table [aging-time|detect-gateways|static]
mac-address-table aging-time [0|<10-1000000>]
mac-address-table detect-gateways
mac-address-table static <MAC> vlan <1-4094> interface [<L2-INTERFACE>|ge <1-4>| port-channel <1-2>]

Parameters

mac-address-table aging-time [0|<10-1000000>]
mac-address-table aging-time [0|<10-1000000>] Sets the duration a learned MAC address persists after the last update
  • 0 – Entering the value ‘0‘ disables the aging time
  • <10-1000000> – Sets the aging time from 10 -100000 seconds. The default is 300 seconds.
 
mac-address-table detect-gateways
mac-address-table detect-gateways Enables automatic detection of gateways. Detected gateways are remembered in the MAC address table. 
mac-address-table static <MAC> vlan <1-4094> interface [<L2-INTERFACE>|ge <1-4>|
port-channel <1-2>]
mac-address-table static <MAC> Creates a static MAC address table entry
  • <MAC> – Specifies the static address to add to the MAC address table. Specify the MAC address in the AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF, AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF, or AABB.CCDD.EEFF format.
vlan <1-4094> Assigns a static MAC address to a specified VLAN port
  • <1-4094> – Specify the VLAN index from 1 - 4094.
interface [<L2-INTERFACE>| ge <1-4>| port-channel <1-2>] Specifies the interface type. The options are: layer 2 Interface, GigabitEthernet interface, and a port channel interface
  • <L2-INTERFACE> – Specify the layer 2 interface name.
  • ge – Specifies a GigabitEthernet interface
    • <1-4> – Specify the GigabitEthernet interface index from 1 - 4.
  • port-channel – Specifies a port channel interface
    • <1-2> – Specify the port channel interface index from 1 - 2.

Example

nx9500-6C8809(config-profile-TestNX5500)#mac-address-table static 00-40-96-B0-BA-2A vlan 1 interface ge 1

nx9500-6C8809(config-profile-TestNX5500)#show context
profile nx5500 TestNX5500
 bridge vlan 1
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  logging facility local4
 mac-address-table static 00-40-96-B0-BA-2A vlan 1 interface ge1
 ip nat pool pool1
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