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:
- Query and view information from the MFDB, relating to a specific VLAN ID or a specific MAC address group. This data is acquired either dynamically through IGMP/MLD snooping or statically by manual entry.
- Add or delete static entries to the MFDB that provide static forwarding information, based on MAC destination addresses.
- Display a list of all ports/LAGs that are a member of each VLAN ID and MAC address group, and enter whether traffic is forwarded to it or not.
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:
- Click Multicast > MAC Group Address. The MAC Group Address page opens.
- Enter the parameters.
- Click Go, and the MAC Multicast group addresses are displayed in the lower block.
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.
- Click Add to add a static MAC Group Address. The Add MAC Group Address page opens.
- Enter the parameters.
- Click Apply, the MAC Multicast group is added, and the Running Configuration file is updated..
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:
- Select the port or LAG to be displayed from the Filter: Interface Type menu.
- Click Go to display the port or LAG membership.
- Select the way that each interface is associated with the Multicast group:
- Click Apply, and the Running Configuration file is updated.
NOTE Entries that were created in the IP Multicast Group Address page cannot be deleted in this page (even if they are selected).