Web Agent Procedure

To add an AFT address manually using the Web Agent:

1. In the navigation pane, expand the L2 Switching > Address Forwarding Table folders, and then click Address Configuration.

The Static Address Configuration Web page is displayed in the content pane. See Figure�83.

Figure�83:�Static Address Configuration Web Page

2. In the MAC Address field, enter the MAC address that you want to add to the table.
3. In the VLAN field, select a VLAN for this entry.
4. In the Port Binding field, select Forward or Filter:
• Forward--Frames that have this source or destination MAC address are forwarded. If you select Forward, you must enter the port that you want associated with this MAC address.
• Filter--Frames that have this source or destination MAC address are dropped.
5. In the Persistence field, select Permanent or Ageout:
• Permanent--The address is saved in nonvolatile memory and is not aged out of the AFT.
• Ageout--Address is cleared from the AFT when the age time interval expires. All dynamically learned entries are set to Ageout. This setting ensures that MAC addresses that are not active on the network do not remain in the AFT indefinitely.
6. In the Priority field, select a priority level for packets that are forwarded to this MAC address. Options are None, Normal, and High.

High priority addresses move to the front of the switch packet buffers automatically.

Note: This field applies only to 50-series modules.

7. In the SA-Priority field, select the priority that you want associated with frames that have this source MAC address:
• None
• Aft--Uses the priority that is assigned to the MAC address in the AFT. If you select this option, you must select a numerical priority for the MAC address. Priorities range from 0 to 7.
• Max-port-aft--Determines the priority of a frame by using the higher of the:
• Physical port priority or tag priority
• Source MAC address priority

If you select this option, you must select a numerical priority for the MAC address. Priorities range from 0 to 7.

• Port--Uses the priority of the physical port, Cisco ISL tag, or 802.1p tag.

Note: This field applies only to 80-series modules.

8. In the DA-Priority field, select the priority that you want associated with frames that have this destination MAC address:
• None
• Aft--Uses the priority that is assigned to the MAC address in the AFT. If you select this option, you must select a numerical priority for the MAC address. Priorities range from 0 to 7.
• Max-port-aft--Determines the priority of a frame by using the higher of the:
• Physical port priority or tag priority
• Destination MAC address priority

If you select this option, you must select a numerical priority for the MAC address. Priorities range from 0 to 7.

• Port--Uses the priority of the physical port, Cisco ISL tag, or 802.1p tag.

Note: This field applies only to 80-series modules.

9. Click APPLY to save your changes, or CANCEL to reset fields to their default values.