Chapter 17 Multicast Configuration

17.3.1 Types of MVR Ports

In MVR, a source port is a port on the switch that can send and receive multicast traffic in a multicast VLAN while a receiver port can only receive multicast traffic. Once configured, the switch maintains a forwarding table that matches the multicast stream to the associated multicast group.

17.3.2 MVR Modes

You can set your switch to operate in either dynamic or compatible mode.

In dynamic mode, the switch sends IGMP leave and join reports through the source port(s) to the other multicast devices (such as multicast routers or servers) in the multicast VLAN. This allows the multicast devices to update the multicast forwarding table to forward or not forward multicast traffic to the receiver ports.

In compatible mode, the switch does not send any IGMP reports through the source port(s). In this case, you must manually configure the forwarding settings on the multicast devices in the multicast VLAN.

Refer to the user’s guide that comes with your switch for more background information.

17.3.3 Viewing MVR Settings

Click Configuration > Multicast Configuration > MVR to display the screen as shown.

Figure 132 Multicast Configuration: MVR

 

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