Configuring A Multicast Mac Address Entry - Huawei Quidway S3900 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Multicast Protocol
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Chapter 4 Multicast MAC Address Entry
4.1 Overview
In Layer 2 multicast, the system can add multicast forwarding entries dynamically
through Layer 2 multicast protocol. However, you can also statically bind a port to a
multicast address entry by configuring a multicast MAC address entry manually.
Generally, when receiving a multicast packet whose multicast address has not yet been
registered on the switch, the switch will broadcast the packet in the VLAN to which the
port belongs. However, you can configure a static multicast MAC address entry to avoid
this case.

4.2 Configuring a Multicast MAC Address Entry

You can configure multicast MAC address entries in system view or Ethernet port view.
Table 4-1 Configure a multicast MAC address entry in system view
Enter system view
Create a multicast MAC
address entry
Table 4-2 Configure a multicast MAC address entry in Ethernet port view
Enter system view
Enter Ethernet port view
Configuration
Operation
system-view
mac-address multicast
mac-address
interface-list vlan vlan-id
Operation
system-view
interface
interface-number
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Chapter 4 Multicast MAC Address Entry
Command
interface
Command
interface-type
4-1
Configuration
Description
—
Required
The mac-address
argument must be
multicast MAC address
The vlan-id argument is
the ID of the VLAN to
which the port belongs
Description
—
—
a