Adding MAC Group Address

The switch supports forwarding incoming Multicast traffic based on the Multicast group information. This information is derived from the IGMP/MLD packets received or as the result of manual configuration, and it is stored in the Multicast Forwarding Database (MFDB).

When a frame is received from a VLAN that is configured to forward Multicast streams, based on MAC group addresses, and its destination address is a Layer 2 Multicast address, the frame is forwarded to all ports that are members of the MAC group address.

The MAC Group Address page has the following functions:

For viewing the forwarding information when the mode is IP Address Group or IP and Source Group, use the IP Multicast Group Address page.

To define and view MAC Multicast groups:

  1. Click Multicast > MAC Group Address. The MAC Group Address page opens.
  2. Enter the parameters.
    • VLAN ID Equals To--Set the VLAN ID of the group to be displayed.
    • MAC Group Address Equals To--Set the MAC address of the Multicast group to be displayed. If no MAC Group Address is specified, the page displays all the MAC Group Addresses from the selected VLAN.
  3. Click Go, and the MAC Multicast group addresses are displayed in the lower block.
  4. Entries that were created both in this page and in the IP Multicast Group Address page are displayed. For those created in the IP Multicast Group Address page, the IP addresses are converted to MAC addresses.

  5. Click Add to add a static MAC Group Address. The Add MAC Group Address page opens.
  6. Enter the parameters.
    • VLAN ID--Defines the VLAN ID of the new Multicast group.
    • MAC Group Address--Defines the MAC address of the new Multicast group.
  7. Click Apply, the MAC Multicast group is added, and the Running Configuration file is updated..
  8. To configure and display the registration for the interfaces within the group, select an address, and click Details. The MAC Group Address Settings page opens.

    The page displays:

    • VLAN ID--The VLAN ID of the Multicast group.
    • MAC Group Address--The MAC address of the group.
  9. Select the port or LAG to be displayed from the Filter: Interface Type menu.
  10. Click Go to display the port or LAG membership.
  11. Select the way that each interface is associated with the Multicast group:
    • Static--Attaches the interface to the Multicast group as a static member.
    • Forbidden--Specifies that this port is not allowed to join this group on this VLAN.
    • None--Specifies that the port is not currently a member of this Multicast group on this VLAN.
  12. Click Apply, and the Running Configuration file is updated.
  13. NOTE     Entries that were created in the IP Multicast Group Address page cannot be deleted in this page (even if they are selected).