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Chapter 24 Multicast
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Note: A port can belong to more than one multicast VLAN. However, IP multicast group
addresses in different multicast VLANs cannot overlap.
Figure 100
Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting > MVR: Group Configuration
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
24.8.1 MVR Configuration Example
The following figure shows a network example where ports 1, 2 and 3 on the Switch belong to VLAN
1. In addition, port 7 belongs to the multicast group with VID 200 to receive multicast traffic (the
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Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting > MVR: Group Configuration
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Multicast
VLAN ID Select a multicast VLAN ID (that you configured in the MVR screen) from the drop-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 24.1.1 on page 186 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 186 for more information on IP multicast addresses.
Add Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these
changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to
save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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 or 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.