428 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User GuideFILE LOCATION: C:\Users\gina\Desktop\Checkout_new\Maintenance Projects\DellContax\CxUGSwitching_AddressTables.fmD E L L C O N F I D E N T I A L – P R E L I M I N A R Y 9 / 1 1 / 1 2 - F O R P R O O F O N LYDynamic AddressesThe Dynamic Address Table contains the MAC addresses acquired bymonitoring the source addresses of traffic entering the switch. When thedestination address for inbound traffic is found in the database, the packetsintended for that address are forwarded directly to the associated port.Otherwise, the traffic is flooded to all ports in the VLAN of the frame.To prevent the table from overflowing and to make room for new addresses,an address is deleted from the table if no traffic is received from a dynamicMAC address for a certain period. This period of time is called the aginginterval.To configure dynamic addresses:1 Click Switch > Address Tables > Dynamic MAC Address in the tree viewto display the Dynamic Address page.Figure 11-2. Dynamic Address TableThe current address table is displayed along with other parameters.2 Enter Address Aging (10-630). The aging time is a value between the user-configured value and twice that value minus 1. For example, if you entered300 seconds, the aging time is between 300 and 599 seconds.
