MAC Address represents Media Access Control (MAC) Address which is a unique identifier assigned to a Switch for identification. MAC addresses are assigned to the Switch and are checked for duplication over the network, which is enrolled in the TJ5500. This includes MAC addresses over different TJ5100(s).
BVIDs (Backbone VLAN IDentifier) are used for Rings, Tunnels and management VLANs. While creating a BVID based object, TJ5500 validates if a given BVID is used in the network or not. You may choose to overwrite it with another value. This new value can be validated for availability on this page.
A BVID used for Tunnel can be used only for Tunnel. A BVID used as management VLAN can be used only as management VLAN.
Under Mac Address, you can:
View all Mac-in-Mac Addresses used in the network.
Check duplicate Mac-in-Mac Addresses used in the network.
Validate MAC Addresses.
Under Mac Address, you can:
Validate BVIDs.
Perform the steps as follows:
Go to Configuration > Layer 2 > ID Management menu and click Mac Address and BVID option. ID Management page is displayed.
To Check Available Mac Address, do one of the following:
To view all MAC Addresses present in the network, click Select An Action drop-down button and select Show All Mac Address. Click Go. The Mac Addresses are listed under Used Mac Addresses pane.
To check duplicate MAC Address in the network, click Select An Action drop-down button and select Detect Duplicate Mac Address. Click Go. All Mac Addresses which are duplicated in TJ5500 gets listed under Used Mac Addresses pane. This does not restrict itself to the MAC address entered by the user.
To check whether a given MAC Address is being used in the network or not, click Select An Action drop-down button and select Validate Mac Address. Enter the desired MAC Address in Mac Address text box provided and click Go.
TJ5500 checks the usage of entered MAC address in the network. If the MAC Address has already been used in the network, a message This MacAddress has already been used in Network (in red) is displayed with IP address of the switch(s) where the same MAC address is used. If the Mac Address is not in use, a message "This MacAddress is not in use in Network (in green) is displayed.
To Check BVID, enter the desired BVID number in the text box provided and click Validate. A message is displayed informing whether the typed BVID is present in the network or not.
