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Multicast Manager features

Multicast Manager supports devices that implement rcVlanIgmpSnoop and/or igmp, rcIpDvmrp, dvmrp, and ipMRoute MIB groups.

Multicast Manager allows you to:

Display information on the multicast protocols configured and enabled on the devices discovered by Optivity Switch Manager.

Highlight all devices in the topology network map if the multicast protocol is selected from the Multicast Manager navigation tree.

Provide information about multicast groups with active members, including information on group address, source subnet, and last reporters.

Display the multicast forwarding path for a selected source/group to all destination devices or to a selected intermediate device.

Starting Multicast Manager

To start Multicast Manager:

Do one of the following:

From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Tools > Multicast Manager.

On the keyboard, press [F4].

On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Multicast Manager.

The Multicast Manager window opens (Figure 54).

Multicast Manager window

The Multicast Manager window contains the parts identified in Figure 54.

Using Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0

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