Chapter 21 Multicast
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Without IGMP snooping, multicast traffic is treated in the same manner as broadcast traffic,
you can configure the switch to forward or discard unknown multicast group traffic. With
IGMP snooping, group multicast traffic is only forwarded to ports that are members of that
group. IGMP snooping generates no additional network traffic, allowing you to significantly
reduce multicast traffic passing through your switch.
21.2 Multicast Status
Click Advanced Application > Multicast to display the screen as shown. This screen shows
the multicast group information. Refer to Section 21.1 on page 145 for more information on
multicast.
Figure 56 Multicast Status .
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
21.3 Multicast Setup
Click Advanced Application > Multicast to display the screen as shown. Use this screen to
enable and configure multicast settings on the switch and apply IGMP profiles to ports.
See Section 21.1 on page 145 for background information.
Table 48 Multicast Status
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Index This is the index number of the entry.
VID This field displays the multicast VLAN ID.
Port This field displays the port number that belongs to the multicast group.
Multicast Group This field displays IP multicast group addresses.
