Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Guida Di Riferimento

Source Learning Commands

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OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide

Configures aging time, in seconds, for static and dynamically learned MAC addresses. When a MAC 
address has aged beyond the aging-time value, the MAC address is discarded. 

mac-address-table aging-time seconds

Aging time value (in seconds). Do not use commas in value. The range 
is 60—1000000. 

By default, the aging time is set to 300 seconds.

OmniSwitch 6400, 6850, 6855, 9000, 9000E

• Use the no form of this command to set the aging-time back to the default value of 300 seconds.

• The aging time value is a global value that applies to all VLANs. Configuring this value on a per 

VLAN basis is not supported on this platform.

• Note that an inactive MAC address may take up to twice as long as the aging time value specified to 

age out of the MAC address table. For example, if an aging time of 60 seconds is specified, the MAC 
will age out any time between 60 and 120 seconds of inactivity.

• If the timeout parameter is not specified when using the mac-address-table command (see 

) 

to configure a static MAC address, then the aging time value is not applied to the static MAC address.

• The MAC address table aging time is also used as the timeout value for the Address Resolution Proto-

col (ARP) table. This timeout value determines how long the switch retains dynamically learned ARP 
table entries. 

-> mac-address-table aging-time 1200

-> no mac-address-table aging-time

Release 6.1; command was introduced.
Release 6.1.1; vlan parameter not supported.