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Configuring Dropping Unknown Multicast Packets

Generally, if the multicast address of the multicast packet received on the device is not registered on the
local device, the packet will be flooded in the VLAN. When the function of dropping unknown multicast
packets is enabled, the device will drop any multicast packets whose multicast address is not registered.
Thus, the bandwidth is saved and the processing efficiency of the system is improved.
Follow these steps to configure dropping unknown multicast packet:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Configure dropping unknown
multicast packets unknown-multicast drop
enable
Required
By default, the function of
dropping unknown multicast
packets is disabled.
Displaying and Maintaining Common Multicast Configuration
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Display the created multicast
MAC table entries
display mac-address multicast
[ static { { { mac-address vlan vlan-id
| vlan vlan-id } [ count ] } | count } ]
You can execute the
display commands in
any view.