Device Online Help

Viewing the forwarding database

The Forwarding tab shows the forwarding database for the VLAN and contains unicast information about bridge forwarding and/or filtering.This information is used by transparent bridging to determine how to forward a received frame.

To access the Forwarding tab:

1. From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > VLANs.

The VLAN dialog box opens to the Basic tab.

2. In the VLAN dialog box, select a VLAN and click Bridge.

The Bridge, VLAN dialog box opens to the Transparent tab.

3. Click the forwarding Forwarding tab.

The Forwarding tab opens.

• Configuring and monitoring bridging
• Clearing learned MAC addresses from the forwarding database
• Bridge VLAN Forwarding tab fields
• Configuring static forwarding
• About MAC-layer bridge packet filtering
• Configuring a MAC-layer bridge filter