Chapter 21 Multicast

"A port can belong to more than one multicast VLAN. However, IP multicast group addresses in different multicast VLANs cannot overlap.

Figure 78 MVR Group Configuration

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 55 MVR Group Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Multicast VLAN

Select a multicast VLAN ID (that you configured in the MVR screen) from the drop-

ID

down list box.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes.

 

 

Start Address

Enter the starting IP multicast address of the multicast group in dotted decimal

 

notation.

 

Refer to Section 21.1.1 on page 149 for more information on IP multicast addresses.

 

 

End Address

Enter the ending IP multicast address of the multicast group in dotted decimal

 

notation.

 

Enter the same IP address as the Start Address field if you want to configure only

 

one IP address for a multicast group.

 

Refer to Section 21.1.1 on page 149 for more information on IP multicast addresses.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save your changes 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.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to discard all changes.

 

 

MVLAN

This field displays the multicast VLAN ID.

 

 

Name

This field displays the descriptive name for this setting.

 

 

Start Address

This field displays the starting IP address of the multicast group.

 

 

End Address

This field displays the ending IP address of the multicast group.

 

 

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