Chapter 21 Multicast

21.4 IGMP Filtering Profile

IGMP filter profiles allow you to control access to IGMP multicast groups. This allows you to have a service available to a specific IGMP multicast group. You can configure an IGMP filter profile for an IGMP multicast group that has access to a service (like a SIP server for example). Within a profile, configure an IGMP filter to specify the multicast IP address ranges. Then assign the IGMP filter profile to the ports (in the Multicast Setting screen) that are allowed to use the service.

Click Advanced Applications and Multicast in the navigation panel. Click the Multicast Setting link and then the IGMP Filtering Profile link to display the screen as shown.

Figure 74 Multicast: IGMP Filtering Profile

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 53 Multicast: IGMP Filtering Profile

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Profile Name

Enter a descriptive name for the profile for identification purposes.

 

To configure additional rule(s) for a profile that you have already added, enter the

 

profile name and specify a different IP multicast address range.

 

 

Start Address

Type the starting multicast IP address for a range of multicast IP addresses that you

 

want to belong to the IGMP filter profile.

 

 

End Address

Type the ending multicast IP address for a range of IP addresses that you want to

 

belong to the IGMP filter profile.

 

If you want to add a single multicast IP address, enter it in both the Start Address and

 

End Address fields.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save the profile to the switch’s run-time memory. The switch loses these

 

changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation

 

panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done

 

configuring.

 

 

Clear

Click Clear to clear the fields to the factory defaults.

 

 

Profile Name

This field displays the descriptive name of the profile.

 

 

Start Address

This field displays the start of the multicast address range.

 

 

End Address

This field displays the end of the multicast address range.

 

 

 

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