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To perform MAC-layer bridging, the switch must know the destination MAC-layer address of each device on each attached network so it can forward packets to the appropriate destination. MAC-layer addresses are then stored in the bridging table, and you can filter packet traffic based on the destination MAC-layer address information.
The MAC filtering supported in the 8000 Series switch is the Bridge MIB filtering (RFC 1493). The number of MAC filters is limited to 100. You create a filter entry in much the same way as you create a static MAC entry, by entering a MAC address and the port on which it resides. In the MAC filter record, you also specify which ports for which to discard source or destination packets for the MAC address on a port.
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