D-Link xStack DGS-3426P 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- 47. 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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