[c-nsp] Unicast traffic being sent to every port? Aging issue?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 07:03:36PM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> What's happening is, esx1/2 beging talking to zfs1.  All is well for a
> while... but at some point, zfs1's MAC address expires from the CAM on
> the switch (I guess that is what is happening).

If zfs is only receiving packets, yes, that's likely to happen.

What we do is easy: install something like rwhod that broadcasts a 
single packet every minute.  Make sure all CAM tables are always up
to date.

gert
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