Contents 7
Layer 2 Multicast Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   82
MAC Multicast Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   82
IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   82
IGMP Snooping Querier  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   83
MLD Snooping
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   83
Multicast VLAN Registration . . . . . . . . . . . .   83
Layer 3 Multicast Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   84
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
. . . .   84
Internet Group Management Protocol . . . . . . .   84
IGMP Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   84
Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense 
Mode
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   84
Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse 
Mode
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   85
Protocol Independent Multicast—Source 
Specific Multicast
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   85
Protocol Independent Multicast IPv6 Support
. . .   85
MLD/MLDv2 (RFC2710/RFC3810) . . . . . . . . . .   85
3 Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87
PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series Front 
Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   87
PowerConnect 8024 Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . .   87
PowerConnect 8024F Front Panel
 . . . . . . . . .   88
PowerConnect 8132 Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . .   89
PowerConnect 8132F Front Panel  . . . . . . . . .   89
PowerConnect 8164 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . .   90
PowerConnect 8164F Front Panel
 . . . . . . . . .   91
Hot-Pluggable Interface Modules . . . . . . . . .   92
USB Port (Power Connect 8100-series 
switches only)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   94
Port and System LEDs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   94