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Chapter 12 Filtering
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The following table describes the related labels in this screen.
Table 24 Advanced Application > FIltering
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active Make sure to select this check box to activate your rule. You may
temporarily deactivate a rule without deleting it by deselecting this check
box.
Name Type a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for this rule.
This is for identification only.
Action Select Discard source to drop the frames from the source MAC address
(specified in the MAC field). The Switch can still send frames to the MAC
address.
Select Discard destination to drop the frames to the destination MAC
address (specified in the MAC address). The Switch can still receive frames
originating from the MAC address.
Select Discard source and Discard destination to block traffic to/from
the MAC address specified in the MAC field.
MAC Type a MAC address in valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal
character pairs.
VID Type the VLAN group identification number.
Add Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The
Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save
link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile
memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel Click Cancel to reset the fields to your previous configuration.
Clear Click Clear to clear the fields to the factory defaults.
Index This field displays the index number of the rule. Click an index number to
change the settings.
Active This field displays Yes when the rule is activated and No when is it
deactivated.
Name This field displays the descriptive name for this rule. This is for identification
purpose only.
MAC
Address
This field displays the source/destination MAC address with the VLAN
identification number to which the MAC address belongs.
VID This field displays the VLAN group identification number.
Delete Check the rule(s) that you want to remove in the Delete column and then
click the Delete button.
Cancel Click Cancel to clear the selected checkbox(es) in the Delete column.