Cisco 300 Series Administration Guide

VLAN Management
Access Port Multicast TV VLAN
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Configuration
Workflow
Configure TV VLAN with the following steps:
1. Define a TV VLAN by associating a Multicast group to a VLAN (using the
Multicast Group to VLAN page).
2. Specify the access ports in each Multicast VLAN (using the Port Multicast VLAN
Membership page.
Multicast TV Group to VLAN
To define the Multicast TV VLAN configuration:
STEP 1 Click VLAN Management > Access Port Multicast TV VLAN > Multicast Group to
VLAN.
The following fields are displayed:
• Multicast Group—IP address of the Multicast group.
• Multicast TV VLAN—VLAN to which the Multicast packets are assigned.
STEP 2 Click Add to associate a Multicast group to a VLAN. Any VLAN can be selected.
When a VLAN is selected, it becomes a Multicast TV VLAN.
Group registration All Multicast group
registration is dynamic.
Groups must be associated
to Multicast VLAN statically,
but actual registration of
station is dynamic.
Receiver ports VLAN can be used to
both send and receive
traffic (both Multicast and
Unicast).
Multicast VLAN can only be
used to receive traffic by the
stations on the port (only
Multicast).
Security and
Isolation
Receivers of same
multicast stream are on
the same data VLAN and
can communicate with
each other
Receivers of same multicast
stream are in different
Access VLANs and isolated
from each other
Regular VLAN Multicast TV VLAN

Cisco 300 Series Specifications

General

Model	Cisco 300 Series
Category	Switch
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	Available on select models
Management	Web-based GUI, SNMP, CLI
VLANs	Up to 256
Security Features	ACLs, 802.1X, Port Security
Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Ports	8, 16, 24, 48