HP Manager Software manual Configuring Static Multicast Ports

200CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING WX SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS

Configuring Static Multicast Ports

A WX learns about multicast routers and receivers from multicast traffic received from those devices. When the WX receives traffic from a multicast router or receiver, the WX adds the port that received the traffic as a multicast router or receiver port. The WX forwards traffic to multicast routers only on the multicast router ports and forwards traffic to multicast receivers only on the multicast receiver ports.

The router and receiver ports that the WX learns based on multicast traffic age out if they are unused. If necessary, you can statically configure multicast router ports or multicast receiver ports on the WX.

You can only add network ports as static multicast router ports or multicast receiver ports. Ports you add are immediately added to the list and do not age out.

You cannot add MAP ports or wired authentication ports as static multicast ports. However, MSS can dynamically add these port types to the list of multicast ports based on multicast traffic.

To add or remove static multicast router and receiver ports:

1In the Create VLAN wizard, click Member IGMP Setup. The Member IGMP Setup page appears.

2To add a static multicast receiver port, select the Forward Multicast IP Out checkbox for each port you want to add.

By default, ports are not selected. To remove a static multicast receiver port, clear the checkbox.

3To add a multicast router port, select the Multicast Router Present checkbox for each port you want to add.

By default, ports are not selected. To remove a static multicast receiver port, clear the checkbox.

4Do one of the following:

„To configure the MSS DHCP server, click Next to display the DHCP Server page. (See the next section, “Configuring the MSS DHCP Server”.)

„To close the wizard and save the changes, click Finish.