D-Link DWS-4026 Product Manual - Page 83

Software User Manual 12/10/09 D-Link Unified Access System SEARCH Use the Search page to display information about entries in the forwarding database. To access the Search page, click LAN > Monitoring > MAC Address Table in the navigation tree. Figure 30: Forwarding Database Search Field Filter MAC Address Search MAC Address Source Slot/Port(s) ifIndex Status Table 22: Forwarding Database Search Fields Description Specify the type of entries to display. When you select a filter from the menu, the screen refreshes and displays the entries based on the filter you select, which can be one of the following: • Learned: If you select Learned, only MAC addresses that have been learned are displayed. • All: If you select All, the entire table is displayed. This field allows you to search for an individual MAC address in the forwarding database table. A unicast MAC address for which the switch has forwarding and/or filtering information. The format is a two byte hexadecimal VLAN ID number followed by a six byte MAC address with each byte separated by colons. For example: 01:23:45:67:89:AB:CD:EF, where 01:23 is the VLAN ID and 45:67:89:AB:CD:EF is the MAC address. The port where this address was learned. In other words, this field shows the port through which the MAC address can be reached. The ifIndex of the MIB interface table entry associated with the source port. The status of this entry. The possible values are: • Static: The entry was added when a static MAC filter was defined. • Learned: The entry was learned by observing the source MAC addresses of incoming traffic, and is currently in use. • Management: The system MAC address, which is identified with interface 0.1. • Self: The MAC address of one of the switch's physical interfaces. Searching the Forwarding Database Use the following procedures to search the forwarding database. Document 34CSFP6XXUWS-SWUM100-D7 Configuring and Searching the Forwarding Database Page 83