160Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager

Table 54 Receivers tab (Multicast Groups) fields

Field

Description

 

 

LastReporter

IP address of the source of the last membership report

 

received for this IP multicast group address on this

 

interface. If no membership report has been received, the

 

object has the value 0.0.0.0.

 

 

Querier

Address of the IGMP querier on the IP subnet to which the

 

interface is enabled. The address in parentheses is the

 

forwarding node.

 

 

Viewing Multicast Manager information in Optivity Switch Manager

While the Multicast Manager window is open, you can highlight the following information on the topology map in the Optivity Switch Manager main window:

Location of a particular multicast devices

Multicast forwarding path from a source subnet to a multicast node

Devices actively using a selected multicast protocol

Highlighting a multicast device

To highlight a multicast device:

1In the Multicast Manager navigation pane, do one of the following:

Select a protocol icon.

Select a single device.

Devices supported by the protocol are highlighted.

2From Multicast Manager menu bar, choose View > Highlight Topology.

The Highlight Topology option remains selected until you deselect it. However, if you select a multicast group in the navigation pane, this option is not available.

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Nortel Networks Optivity Switch manual Highlighting a multicast device