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Chapter 7: 10-Gb Ethernet Switch Firmware
Clicking on the MULTICAST FILTERS tab brings up the L2 MULTICAST FILTER
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ONFIGURATION page (Figure 7-78). This page allows you to set the filter configuration to
control the multicast packets that the switch needs to process. Table 7-57 lists the
parameters found on this page.
Table 7-57. L2 Multicast Filter Configuration Page Parameters
Parameter Description
VLAN ID Specifies the VLAN ID.
MAC Address Specifies the destination MAC address of the received packet.
Receive Port Specifies the port on which the packet was received.
Allowed Ports
Specifies the list of ports on which the received packet (with the above set
MAC address and if received from the configured port) can be forwarded.
Forbidden Ports
Specifies the list of ports on which the received packet (with the above set
MAC address and if received from the configured port) must NOT be
forwarded.
Status
You can choose to have this configuration in any one of the following types:
• Permanent – This configuration resides even after a restart of the
switch.
• DeleteOnReset – This configuration deletes the entry on a restart.
• DeleteOnTimeout – This configuration deletes the entry on expiration
of the ageing timer.