Chapter 24 Multicast

Table 70 Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting > MVR (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

*

Settings in this row apply to all ports.

 

Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all

 

ports. Use this row first to set the common settings and then make

 

adjustments on a port-by-port basis.

 

Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you

 

make them.

 

 

Source Port

Select this option to set this port as the MVR source port that sends and

 

receives multicast traffic. All source ports must belong to a single

 

multicast VLAN.

 

 

Receiver Port

Select this option to set this port as a receiver port that only receives

 

multicast traffic.

 

 

None

Select this option to set the port not to participate in MVR. No MVR

 

multicast traffic is sent or received on this port.

 

 

Tagging

Select this checkbox if you want the port to tag the VLAN ID in all

 

outgoing frames transmitted.

 

 

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 begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

VLAN

This field displays the multicast VLAN ID.

 

 

Active

This field displays whether the multicast group is enabled or not.

 

 

Name

This field displays the descriptive name for this setting.

 

 

Mode

This field displays the MVR mode.

 

 

Source Port

This field displays the source port number(s).

 

 

Receiver Port

This field displays the receiver port number(s).

 

 

802.1p

This field displays the priority level.

 

 

Delete

To delete a multicast VLAN(s), select the rule(s) that you want to

 

remove in the Delete column, then click the Delete button.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.

24.8 MVR Group Configuration

All source ports and receiver ports belonging to a multicast group can receive multicast data sent to this multicast group.

Configure MVR IP multicast group address(es) in the Group Configuration screen. Click Group Configuration in the MVR screen.

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