By selecting the forwarding mode, you can define the method used by hardware to identify
Multicast flow by one of the following options: MAC Group Address, IP Group Address, or Source
Specific IP Group Address. (S, G) is supported by IGMPv3, while IGMPv1/2 support only (*, G),
which is just the group ID. The device supports a maximum of 256 static and dynamic Multicast
group addresses. To enable Multicast filtering, and select the forwarding method:
1. Click Configuration > Multicast > Feature Configuration.
2. Bridge Multicast Filtering—Select to enable filtering of Multicast addresses.
3. VLAN ID—Select the VLAN ID to set its forwarding method.
4. IPv6 Multicast Forwarding—Select one of the following options:
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By MAC Address—Select to enable the MAC address method for forwarding
Multicast packets.
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By IPv6 Group Address—Select to enable the IPv4 group address method for
forwarding Multicast packets.
By Source Specific IPv6 Group Address—Select to enable the source-specific
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IPv6 group address method for forwarding Multicast packets.
5. IPv4 Multicast Forwarding—Select one of the following options:
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By MAC Address—Select to enable the MAC address method for forwarding
Multicast packets.
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By IPv4 Group Address—Select to enable the IPv4 group address method for
forwarding Multicast packets.
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By Source Specific IPv4 Group Address—Select to enable the source-specific
IPv4 group address method for forwarding Multicast packets.
6. Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated.
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