D-Link xStack DGS-3400 Series User Manual - Multicast Filtering Mode

xStack DGS-3400 Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch 

The following parameters can be set: 

Parameter                    Description 

Unit 

Select the switch in the switch stack to be modified. 

VID 

The VLAN ID of the VLAN the corresponding MAC address belongs to. 

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 and ports that 

are either forbidden from joining dynamically, or that can join the multicast group dynamically, 

using GMRP. The options are: 

None - No restrictions on the port dynamically joining the multicast group. 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 

 under the Delete heading. Click the 

Show All Multicast Forwarding Entries

 link to return to the Static Multicast Forwarding 

Settings window. 

Multicast Filtering Mode 

Open the Forwarding Filtering folder and click on the Multicast Filtering Mode link to see the entry screen below: 

Figure 7- 43. Multicast Filtering Mode 

Parameter              Description 

VLAN Name  

The VLAN to which the specified filtering action applies. Select the All option to apply the action to 

all VLANs on the Switch. 

Filtering Mode 

This drop-down menu allows you to select the action the Switch will take when it receives a 

multicast packet that requires forwarding to a port in the specified VLAN. 

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Forward All Groups – This will instruct the Switch to forward a multicast packet to all 

multicast groups residing within the range of ports 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. 

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