Selecting Types of Addresses to Display

You can display information from the bridging (or forwarding database) for various types of addresses. Use the Bridging Database window to specify the kind of address for which you want information

Procedure:

Step Action
1 In the Bridging Database window, select the type of addresses you want to display.  For dynamic addresses, you can specify a range of addresses to display. For addresses in a VSD, enter the VSD number for which you want address information.
2 Click Apply.

Field Descriptions

Permanent Addresses Displays MAC addresses entered manually by a network manager.  Permanent addresses are retained in memory even if power to the line card is interrupted or the line card is reset. Permanent entries are not affected by address aging time, and can exist concurrently with dynamic entries having the same address.
Registered Addresses Displays unicast MAC addresses that belongs to communications hardware attached to the line card, or a multicast address enabled by protocol forwarders.
Reserved  Addresses Displays MAC addresses reserved by the IEEE 802.1d standard.
Static Addresses Displays MAC addresses entered manually by a network manager.  Static address entries do not survive power cycles or system resets.   Static entries are not affected by address aging.
Addresses in VSD Displays MAC addresses in the specified VSD.
Dynamic Addresses in the Range Displays MAC addresses automatically learned by the GS2000 line card.  Dynamic address entries are stored in volatile RAM and, therefore, do not survive power cycles or system resets. 

Dynamic entries are affected by address aging. If the line card does not receive a datagram from the device associated with a dynamic address within the period specified by the aging time, the address is "unlearned" by the port.