A read-write enumeration setting the status to assign to a MAC address forwarding entry: other(1), learned(3), static(6), dynamic(7), blackhole(9), or security(11). This lets an admin control how a forwarding entry is treated, for example configuring a static binding that won't age out, or a blackhole entry that silently drops traffic from or to that MAC address. An admin wanting to block traffic from a specific rogue MAC address would create an entry with this object set to blackhole(9).