Chapter 24 Multicast

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.

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

Figure 105 Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting > MVR: Group Configuration

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 67 Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting > MVR: Group Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Multicast

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

VLAN ID

the drop-down list box.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes.

 

 

Start

Enter the starting IP multicast address of the multicast group in dotted

Address

decimal notation.

 

Refer to Section 24.1.1 on page 227 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 24.1.1 on page 227 for more information on IP multicast

 

addresses.

 

 

 

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