# Clearing Dynamic MAC Addresses from the VPLS Forwarding Table

You can use the following clear commands to remove all dynamic (learned) MAC address entries or a specific dynamic MAC address entry from the forwarding table for a VPLS instance.

Tasks to clear the VPLS forwarding table are:

- Clearing All Dynamic MAC Addresses from the VPLS Forwarding Table
- Clearing a Specific Dynamic MAC Addresses from the VPLS Forwarding Table
- Clearing All Dynamic MAC Addresses for a Network Interface associated with a VPLS Instance
- Clearing All Dynamic MAC Addresses for the VPLS Virtual Core Interface associated with a VPLS Instance

## Clearing All Dynamic MAC Addresses from the VPLS Forwarding Table

To clear all dynamic MAC address entries for the VPLS instance:

- Issue the clear bridge command.
  host1#clear bridge vplsB

## Clearing a Specific Dynamic MAC Addresses from the VPLS Forwarding Table

To clear a specific dynamic MAC address entry for the VPLS instance:

- Issue the clear bridge address command.
  host1#clear bridge vplsB address 0090.1a40.9992

## Clearing All Dynamic MAC Addresses for a Network Interface associated with a VPLS Instance

To clear all dynamic MAC address entries for a network interface associated with a VPLS instance:

- Issue the clear bridge interface command.
  host1#clear bridge interface atm 3/3.2

## Clearing All Dynamic MAC Addresses for the VPLS Virtual Core Interface associated with a VPLS Instance

To clear all dynamic MAC address entries for the VPLS virtual core interface associated with a VPLS instance:

- Issue the clear bridge interface vpls command.
  host1#clear bridge interface vpls vplsA

#### Related Documentation

- clear bridge
- clear bridge address
- clear bridge interface
- clear bridge interface vpls