Multicast Forwarding Support; Defining Multicast Global Parameters; Lag Membership Cli Commands - Dell PowerConnect 5316M User Manual

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Table 7-68. LAG Membership CLI Commands
CLI Command
channel-group port-
channel-number mode
{on | auto}
show interfaces port-channel
[port-channel-number]
The following is an example of the CLI commands:
console# config
console(config)# interface ethernet g11
console(config-if)# channel-group 1 mode on
console(config-if)# 01-Jan-2000 01:47:18 %LINK-W-Down: ch1
console(config-if)#

Multicast Forwarding Support

Multicast forwarding allows a single packet to be forwarded to multiple destinations. L2 Multicast
service is based on L2 switch receiving a single packet addressed to a specific Multicast address.
Multicast forwarding creates copies of the packet, and transmits the packets to the relevant ports.
The switch module supports:
Forwarding L2 Multicast Packets — Enabled by default, and not configurable.
NOTE:
Filtering L2 Multicast Packets — Enables forwarding of Layer 2 packets to interfaces. If
Multicast filtering is disabled, Multicast packets are flooded to all relevant ports.
To open the Multicast Support page, click Switch→ Multicast Support in the tree view.

Defining Multicast Global Parameters

Layer 2 switching forwards Multicast packets to all relevant VLAN ports by default, treating the
packet as a Multicast transmission. While this is functional, in the sense that all relevant
ports/nodes receive a copy of the frame, it is potentially wasteful as ports/nodes may receive
irrelevant frames only needed by a subset of the ports of that VLAN. Multicast forwarding filters
enable forwarding of Layer 2 packets to port subsets, defined in the Multicast filter database.
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Configuring Switch Module Information
Description
Associates a port with a port-channel. Use the
no form of this command to remove the
channel-group configuration from the
interface.
Displays port-channel information.
The system supports Multicast filtering for 320 Multicast groups.

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