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Configuring Switching Information
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M6100 Web Management User Guide
MFDB
From the MFDB link, you can access the following pages:
• MFDB Table on page 167
• MFDB Statistics on page 168
MFDB Table
The Multicast Forwarding Database holds the port membership information for all active
multicast address entries. The key for an entry consists of a VLAN ID and MAC address pair.
Entries may contain data for more than one protocol.
To display the MFDB Table page, click Switching > Multicast > MFDB
 MFDB Table.
1. Use Search by MAC Address to enter a MAC Address whose MFDB table entry you
want displayed. Enter six two-digit hexadecimal numbers separated by colons, for
example 00:01:23:43:45:67. Then click on the “GO” button. If the address exists, that
entry will be displayed. An exact match is required.
Field Description
MAC Address The multicast MAC address for which you requested
data.
VLAN ID The VLAN ID to which the multicast MAC address is
related.
Type This displays the type of the entry. Static entries are
those that are configured by the end user
. Dynamic
entries are added to the table as a result of a
learning process or protocol.
Component This is the component that is responsible for this
entry in the Multicast Forwarding Database. Possible
values are IGMP Snooping, GMRP
, Static Filtering
and MLD Snooping.
Description The text description of this multicast table entry.
Possible values are Management Configured,
Network Configured and Network
Assisted.
Forwarding Interfaces The resultant forwarding list is derived from
combining all the forwarding interfaces and removing
the interfaces that are listed as the static filtering
interfaces.