Switch-1 and Switch-2 are AruDaOS-CX switches, which are part of a Virtual Switching Extension (VSX)...

Switch-1 does not download its MAC forwarding table from Switch-2 when Switch-2 finishes booting. Switch-1 and Switch-2 are part of a VSX fabric, which is a high availability solution that provides redundancy and load balancing across a pair of switches1. When Switch-2 experiences a power failure, Switch-1 takes over the role of the primary member and continues to forward traffic1. When Switch-2 recovers, it synchronizes its configuration and state information from Switch-1, not the other way around1. The MAC forwarding table is part of the state information that is synchronized from the primary to the secondary member1.