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Static Multicast Forward Setup

Use these screens to configure static multicast address forwarding.

11.1 Static Multicast Forwarding Overview

A multicast MAC address is the MAC address of a member of a multicast group. A
static multicast address is a multicast MAC address that has been manually
entered in the multicast table. Static multicast addresses do not age out. Static
multicast forwarding allows you (the administrator) to forward multicast frames to
a member without the member having to join the group first.
If a multicast group has no members, then the switch will either flood the
multicast frames to all ports or drop them. You can configure this in the
Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting screen (see
24.3 on page
ports. With static multicast forwarding, you can forward these multicasts to
port(s) within a VLAN group.
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201). Figure 58 shows such unknown multicast frames flooded to all
Figure 59 shows frames being forwarded to devices
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