3-5.3 Port Group Filtering - ZyXEL Communications XGS3600 Series Manual

3-5.3 Port Group Filtering

The section describes how to set the IGMP Port Group Filtering? With the IGMP filtering
feature, an user can exert this type of control. In some network Application environments, as
like the metropolitan or multiple-dwelling unit (MDU) installations, an user might want to
control the multicast groups to which a user on a switch port can belong. It allows the user to
control the distribution of multicast services, such as IP/TV, based on some type of
subscription or service plan.
With this feature, you can filter multicast joins on a per-port basis by configuring IP multicast
profiles and associating them with individual switch ports. An IGMP profile can contain one or
more multicast groups and specifies whether access to the group is permitted or denied. If an
IGMP profile denying access to a multicast group is applied to a switch port, the IGMP join
report requesting the stream of IP multicast traffic is dropped, and the port is not allowed to
receive IP multicast traffic from that group. If the filtering action permits access to the
multicast group, the IGMP report from the port is forwarded for normal processing.
IGMP filtering controls only IGMP membership join reports and has no relationship to the
function that directs the forwarding of IP multicast traffic.
Web Interface
To configure the IGMP Snooping Port Group Configuration in the web interface:
1. Click Configuration, IGMP Snooping, Port Group Filtering
2. Click Add new Filtering Group
3. Scroll the Port to enable the Port Group Filtering.
Specify the Filtering Groups in the blank field.
4. Click the Apply to save the setting
5. If you want to cancel the setting then you need to click the Reset button.
It will revert to previously saved values
Figure 3-5.3: The IGMP Snooping Port Group Filtering Configuration.
Parameter description:
Delete :

Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.
Port :

The logical port for the settings..
Filtering Groups :

The IP Multicast Group that will be filtered.
Buttons:

Apply – Click to apply changes.
Reset- Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved
values.
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