Bridge Multicast Filtering - Dell PowerConnect 3424 Cli Reference Manual

Example
The following example adds a permanent static MAC-layer station source address
3aa2.64b3.a245 on port 1/e16 to the bridge table.
Console(config)# interface vlan 2
Console(config-if)# bridge address 3aa2.64b3.a245 ethernet 1/e16
permanent

bridge multicast filtering

The bridge multicast filtering Global Configuration mode command enables filtering multicast
addresses. To disable filtering multicast addresses, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
bridge multicast filtering
no bridge multicast filtering
Default Configuration
Filtering multicast addresses is disabled. All multicast addresses are flooded to all ports.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
• If multicast routers exist on the VLAN, do not change the unregistered multicast addresses
state to drop on the switch ports.
• If multicast routers exist on the VLAN and IGMP-snooping is not enabled, use the bridge
multicast forward-all command to enable forwarding all multicast packets to the multicast
switches.
Example
In this example, bridge multicast filtering is enabled.
Console(config)# bridge multicast filtering
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Address Table Commands