Bridge Multicast Filtering - Dell PowerConnect 5424 Command Line Interface Manual

Example
The following example adds a permanent static MAC-layer station source address 3aa2.64b3.a245 on
port g8 to the bridge table.
Console (config)# interface vlan 2
Console (config-vlan)# bridge address 3a:a2:64:b3:a2:45 ethernet
g8 permanent

bridge multicast filtering

The bridge multicast filtering Global Configuration mode command enables filtering of Multicast
addresses. To disable filtering of Multicast addresses, use the no form of the bridge multicast filtering
command.
Syntax
• bridge multicast filtering
• no bridge multicast filtering
Default Configuration
Disabled. All Multicast addresses are flooded to all ports.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode.
User Guidelines
• If devices exist on the VLAN, do not change the unregistered Multicast addresses state to drop on the
devices ports.
• If Multicast routers exist on the VLAN and IGMP-snooping is not enabled, the bridge multicast
forward-all command should be used to enable forwarding all Multicast packets to the Multicast
routers.
Example
In this example, bridge Multicast filtering is enabled.
Console (config)# bridge multicast filtering
96
Address Table Commands