Bridge Multicast Filtering - HP Bc1500 - BladeSystem - Blade PC Reference Manual

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
Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.
Default Setting
Filtering multicast addresses is disabled. All multicast addresses are flooded to all ports.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
Command Usage
If multicast devices exist on the VLAN, do not change the unregistered multicast addresses state
to drop on the switch ports.
If multicast devices 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
switches.
Example
The following command enables bridge multicast filtering.
Console(config)# bridge multicast filtering
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