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88.25 Multicast

Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in one of either two ways
Broadcast (1 sender to everybody on the network). Multicast delivers IP packets to just a group of hosts
on the network.
IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is a network-layer protocol used to establish membership
in a multicast group
information on IGMP versions 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
This section shows you how to configure various multicast features.

88.25.1 What You Can Do

• Use the IPv4 Multicast Status screen
• Use the IGMP Snooping screen
group multicast traffic only to ports that are members of that group.
• Use the IGMP Snooping VLAN screen
16 VLANs.
• Use the IGMP Filtering Profile screen
groups that clients connected to the Switch are able to join.

88.26 IPv4 Multicast Status

Click SWITCHING > Multicast > IPv4 Multicast Status to display the screen as shown. This screen shows the
IPv4 multicast group information.
Figure 574 SWITCHING > Multicast > IPv4 Multicast Status
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 388 SWITCHING > Multicast > IPv4 Multicast Status
LABEL
Index
VID
Port
Multicast Group
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DESCRIPTION
This is the index number of the entry.
This field displays the multicast VLAN ID.
This field displays the port number that belongs to the multicast group.
In Stacking mode, the first number represents the slot and the second is the port number.
This field displays IP multicast group addresses.
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Unicast (1 sender to 1 recipient) or
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720) to view multicast group information.
721) to enable IGMP snooping to forward
724) to perform IGMP snooping on up to
726) to specify a range of multicast