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The following parameters can be set:
Parameter Description
VID The VLAN ID of the VLAN to which the corresponding MAC address belongs.
Multicast MAC
Address
The MAC address of the static source of multicast packets. This must be a multicast MAC
address.
Port Settings Allows the selection of ports that will be members of the static multicast group. The
options are:
None - When None is chosen, the port will not be a member of the Static Multicast Group.
Egress - The port is a static member of the multicast group.
Click Apply to implement the changes made. To delete an entry in the Static Multicast Forwarding Table, click the
corresponding X under the Delete heading. Click the Show All Multicast Forwarding Entries link to return to the
Static Multicast Forwarding Settings window.
Multicast Filtering Mode
The following figure and table describe how to set up multicast filtering mode on the Switch. Open the Forwarding
Filtering folder and click on the Multicast Filtering Mode Setup link to see the entry window below:
Figure 6- 15. Multicast Filtering Mode window
The following parameters can be set:
Parameter Description
From/To
These two drop-down menus allow you to select a range of ports to which the filter settings
will be applied.
Mode
This drop-down menu allows you to select the action the Switch will take when it receives a
multicast packet that is to be forwarded to one of the ports in the range specified above.
• Forward Unregistered Groups - This will instruct the Switch to forward a multicast
packet whose destination is an unregistered multicast group residing within the
range of ports specified above.
• Filter Unregistered Groups - This will instruct the Switch to filter any multicast
packets whose destination is an unregistered multicast group residing within the
range of ports specified above.
Click Apply to implement changes made.