Chapter 21 Multicast

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

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

Figure 62 MVR > Group Configuration

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 52 MVR > Group Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Multicast

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

VLAN 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 145 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 145 for more information on IP multicast addresses.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save the settings.

 

 

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.

 

 

Delete

Select Delete All and click Delete to remove all entries from the table.

 

Select Delete Group and click Delete to remove the selected entry(ies) from the table.

 

 

Cancel

Select Cancel to clear the checkbox(es) in the table.

 

 

 

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