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MAC Address Management

Determining MAC Addresses

CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses

The MAC address assigned to each switch port is used internally by such

features as Flow Control and the spanning-tree protocol. Using the walkmib

command to determine the MAC address assignments for individual ports can

sometimes be useful when diagnosing switch operation.

Switch Series MAC Address Allocation

8212zl

The switch allots 24 MAC addresses per slot. For a given slot, if a

four-port module is installed, then the switch uses the first four MAC

addresses in the allotment for that slot, and the remaining 18 MAC

addresses are unused. If a 24-port module is installed, the switch

uses the first 24 MAC addresses in the allotment, and so-on.

All Models

The switch’s base MAC address is assigned to VLAN (VID) 1 and

appears in the walkmib listing after the MAC addresses for the ports.

(All VLANs in the switch have the same MAC address.)

To display the switch’s MAC addresses, use the walkmib command at the

command prompt:

Note This procedure displays the MAC addresses for all ports and existing VLANs

in the switch, regardless of which VLAN you select.

1. If the switch is at the CLI Operator level, use the enable command to enter

the Manager level of the CLI.

2. Type the following command to display the MAC address for each port on

the switch:

ProCurve# walkmib ifPhysAddress

(The above command is not case-sensitive.)

For example, a ProCurve 8212zl switch with the following module configura-

tion shows MAC address assignments similar to those shown in figure D-2:

■ a 4-port module in slot A, a 24-port module in slot C, and no modules in

slots B and D

■ two non-default VLANs configured

D-5

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