IEEE Std 802.1D and IEEE Std 802.1Q Reserved Addresses
| Group MAC Address Value | Organization Using the Value | Standard Using the Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-80-C2-00-00-00 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q IEEE Std 802.1X IEEE Std 802.1AE IEEE Std 802.1AX |
Bridge Group address Nearest Customer Bridge group address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-01 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | IEEE MAC-specific Control Protocols group address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-02 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q IEEE Std 802.1AX |
IEEE 802.3 Slow_Protocols_Multicast address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-03 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q IEEE Std 802.1X IEEE Std 802.1AE IEEE Std 802.1AX IEEE Std 802.1BR |
Nearest non-TPMR Bridge group address IEEE Std 802.1X PAE address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-04 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | IEEE MAC-specific Control Protocols group address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-05 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Reserved for future standardization |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-06 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Reserved for future standardization |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-07 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | MEF Forum ELMI protocol group addressa |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-08 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Provider Bridge group address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-09 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Reserved for future standardization |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-0A | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Reserved for future standardization |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-0B | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q IEEE Std 802.1X IEEE Std 802.1AE |
EDE-SS PEP Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-0C | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Reserved for future standardization |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-0D | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Provider Bridge MVRP address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-0E | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q IEEE Std 802.1X IEEE Std 802.1AE IEEE Std 802.1AS |
Individual LAN Scope group addressb Nearest Bridge group address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-0F | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Reserved for future standardization |
a This address is not exclusively reserved for this purpose; other uses are reserved for future standardization.
b It is intended that no IEEE 802.1 relay device will be defined that will forward frames that carry this destination address.
Standard Group MAC Addresses
| Group MAC Address Value | Organization Using the Value | Standard Using the Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-80-C2-00-00-00 — 01-80-C2-00-00-0F |
IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | IEEE Std 802.1Q reserved addresses (See Table 1) |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-10 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1D | All LANs Bridge Management Group Address (deprecated) |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-11 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1E | Load Server Generic Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-12 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1E | Loadable Device Generic Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-13 | IEEE 1905 | IEEE Std 1905.1 | Transmission of IEEE 1905.1 control packets |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-14 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 10589 | All Level 1 Intermediate Systems Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-15 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 10589 | All Level 2 Intermediate Systems Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-16 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 10030 | All CONS End Systems Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-17 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 10030 | All CONS SNARES Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-18 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1B | Generic Address for All Manager Stations |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-19 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.11aa | Groupcast with retries (GCR) MAC Group Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-1A | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1B | Generic Address for All Agent Stations |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-1B | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 9542 | All Multicast Capable End Systems Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-1C | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 9542 | All Multicast Announcements Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-1D | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 9542 | All Multicast Capable Intermediate Systems Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-1E | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO/IEC 8802-5 | All DTR Concentrators MAC Group Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-1F | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1X IEEE Std 802.1AE |
EDE-CC PEP Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-20 — 01-80-C2-00-00-2F |
IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Reserved for use by Multiple Registration Protocol (MRP) applications |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-30 — 01-80-C2-00-00-3F |
IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1Q | Destination group MAC addresses for CCM and Linktrace messages |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-40 — 01-80-C2-00-00-4F |
IETF | TRILL | Group MAC addresses used by the TRILL protocols |
| 01-80-C2-00-00-50 — 01-80-C2-00-00-FF |
unassigned | ||
| 01-80-C2-00-01-00 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | ISO/IEC 9314-6 | Ring Management Directed Beacon Multicast Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-01-01 — 01-80-C2-00-01-0F |
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | Assigned to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 for future use | |
| 01-80-C2-00-01-10 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | ISO/IEC 9314-6 | Status Report Frame Status Report Protocol Multicast Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-01-11 — 01-80-C2-00-01-1F |
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | Assigned to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 for future use | |
| 01-80-C2-00-01-20 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | ISO/IEC 9314-2 | All FDDI Concentrator MACs |
| 01-80-C2-00-01-21 — 01-80-C2-00-01-2F |
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | Assigned to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 for future use | |
| 01-80-C2-00-01-30 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | ISO/IEC 9314-6 | Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation Address |
| 01-80-C2-00-01-31 — 01-80-C2-00-01-FF |
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 | Assigned to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 for future use | |
| 01-80-C2-00-02-00 — 01-80-C2-00-02-FF |
ETSI | Assigned to ETSI for future use | |
| 01-80-C2-00-03-00 — 01-80-C2-FF-FF-FF |
unassigned | ||
| 09-00-2B-00-00-04 |
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO 9542 | All End System Network Entities Address |
| 09-00-2B-00-00-05 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO 9542 | All Intermediate System Network Entities Address |
Group MAC Addresses Used in ISO 9542 ES-IS Protocol
| Group MAC Address Value | Organization Using the Value | Standard Using the Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09-00-2B-00-00-04 |
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO 9542 | All End System Network Entities Address |
| 09-00-2B-00-00-05 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 | ISO 9542 | All Intermediate System Network Entities Address |
Locally Administered Group MAC Addresses Used by IEEE Std 802.5
(IEEE Std 802.5 Functional Addresses)
| Group MAC Address Value | Organization Using the Value | Standard Using the Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03-00-00-00-00-08 |
IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.5 | Configuration Report Server (CRS) MAC Group Address |
| 03-00-00-00-00-10 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.5 | Ring Error Monitor (REM) MAC Group Address |
| 03-00-00-00-00-40 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.5 | Ring Parameter Server (RPS) MAC Group Address |
| 03-00-00-00-01-00 | IEEE 802 | ISO 9542 | All Intermediate System Network Entities Address |
| 03-00-00-00-02-00 | ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6, IEEE 802 |
ISO 9542, and IEEE Std 802.5 |
All End System Network Entities Address, and Lobe Media Test (LMT) MAC Group Address |
| 03-00-00-00-04-00 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1B | Generic Address for all Manager Stations |
| 03-00-00-00-08-00 | IEEE 802 | ISO/IEC 10030 | All CONs SNARES Address |
| 03-00-00-00-10-00 | IEEE 802 | ISO/IEC 10030 | All CONs End System Address |
| 03-00-00-00-20-00 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1E | Loadable Device Generic Address |
| 03-00-00-00-40-00 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1E | Load Server Generic Address |
| 03-00-00-40-00-00 | IEEE 802 | IEEE Std 802.1B | Generic Address for all Agent Stations |
Note: Potential users of the addresses identified in this table are warned that, since these addresses are derived from the locally administered address space, there are no guarantees that the addresses will be used only for the listed purposes.