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| Chapter 17 Multicast Configuration |
| Table 93 Multicast Configuration: Multicast Settings (continued) | |
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| Unknown | Specify the action to perform when the switch receives an unknown multicast |
| Multicast Frame | frame. Select Drop to discard the frame(s). Select Flooding to send the frame(s) |
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| Reserved | Multicast addresses (224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255) are reserved for the local scope. |
| Multicast Group | For examples, 224.0.0.1 is for all hosts in this subnet, 224.0.0.2 is for all multicast |
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| routers in this subnet, etc. A router will not forward a packet with the destination IP |
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| address within this range. See the IANA web site for more information. |
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| Specify the action to perform when the switch receives a frame with a reserved |
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| multicast address. Select Drop to discard the frame(s). Select Flooding to send |
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| the frame(s) to all ports. |
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| Apply | Click Apply to save the settings in this part of the screen. |
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| Port | This field displays the port number. |
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| Immed. Leave/ | This field displays whether the switch is set to remove this port from the multicast |
| Group Limited | tree when an IGMP version 2 leave message is received on this port. |
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| This field also displays whether the port is set to join a limited number of groups. |
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| Max Group Num. | This field displays number of multicast groups this port is allowed to join. Once a |
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| port is registered in the specified number of multicast groups, any new IGMP join |
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| report frame(s) is dropped on this port. |
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| IGMP Filtering | This field displays the name of the IGMP filtering profile this port uses. |
| Profile | The default profile (Default) prohibits the port from joining any multicast group. |
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| IGMP Querier | This field displays the IGMP querier mode on the port. |
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| Modify | Click Modify to change the multicast settings of the selected port. |
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| Load Template | Click Load Template to display a screen you use to select a multicast template. |
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| View Profile | Click View Profile to display the settings of a selected multicast template. |
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To change the multicast settings of a port, select a port in the Multicast Setting screen and click Modify. A configuration screen displays.
Figure 129 Multicast Configuration: Multicast Settings: Modify
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