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Figure 63 Multicast: Setting

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 47 Multicast: Setting

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IGMP Snooping

Select Active to enable IGMP snooping to forward group multicast traffic only to

ports that are members of that group

IGMP Filtering

Select Active to enable IGMP filtering to limit the IGMP groups a subscriber on a

port can join.

Unknown

Multicast Frame

Specify the action to perform when the switch receives an unknown multicast

frame. Select Drop to discard the frame(s). Select Forwarding to send the

frame(s) to the destination device.

Port

This field displays the port number.

Immed. Leave

Select this option to set the switch to remove this port from the multicast tree when

an IGMP version 2 leave message is received on this port.
Select this option if there is only one host connected to this port.

Group Limited

Select this option to limit the number of multicast groups this port is allowed to join.

Max. Group No.

Select this option and enter a number to limit the number of multicast groups this

port is allowed to join. Once a port is registered in the specified number of

multicast groups, any new IGMP join report frame(s) is dropped on this port.

IGMP Filtering

Profile

Select the name of the IGMP filtering profile to use for this port. Otherwise, select

Default to prohibit the port from joining any multicast group.