Dynamically Populating a Switch MAC Address Table
As the switch learns the relationship of ports to devices, it builds a table called a MAC address, or content addressable memory (CAM) table.
Switch Forwarding Methods Application-specific-integrated circuits (ASICs)reduce the packethandling time, and allow the device to handle an increased number of ports without degrading performance. Two Methods of forwarding frames: ▪ Store-and-Forward - makes a forwarding decision on a frame after it has received the entire frame and checked the frame for errors. ▪ Cut-Through - begins the forwarding process after the destination MAC address of an incoming frame and the egress port has been determined.