Chapter 24 Multicast

24.3 Multicast Setting

Click Advanced Applications > Multicast > Multicast Setting link to display the screen as shown. See Section 24.1 on page 227 for more information on multicasting.

Figure 99 Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 63 Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IGMP Snooping

Use these settings to configure IGMP Snooping.

 

 

Active

Select Active to enable IGMP Snooping to forward group multicast

 

traffic only to ports that are members of that group.

 

 

Querier

Select this option to allow the Switch to send IGMP General Query

 

messages to the VLANs with the multicast hosts attached.

 

 

Host Timeout

Specify the time (from 1 to 16 711 450) in seconds that elapses before

 

the Switch removes an IGMP group membership entry if it does not

 

receive report messages from the port.

 

 

802.1p Priority

Select a priority level (0-7) to which the Switch changes the priority in

 

outgoing IGMP control packets. Otherwise, select No-Changeto not

 

replace the priority.

 

 

 

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