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Operation Manual - Multicast
Quidway S3000-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 4 Adding Multicast MAC Address
Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
4-1
If you configure the switch not to forward unknown multicast packets (enabling the
4.2 Adding Multicast MAC Address Entries
Follow these steps to add multicast MAC address entries:
Chapter 4 Adding Multicast MAC Address
Configuration
4.1 Introduction
In Layer 2 multicast, you can not only dynamically create multicast forwarding entries
using the Layer 2 multicast protocol, but also set manually the multicast MAC address
and bind multicast entries to ports.
Generally, the packet is not broadcasted among the VLAN if its multicast address is not
registered on the local host. You can enable the broadcast, however, by configuring a
multicast static MAC address entry. Then the switch changes from dynamic multicast
learning to static multicast learning and saves the time originally to handle multicast
packets.
unknown multicast blocked function), the switch cannot forward some specific multicast
packets (such as VRRP packets). You can enable to forward these types of packets by
adding multicast MAC address entries.
Table 4-1 Add multicast MAC address entries
Operation Command Remarks
Enter s system - ystem view -view
Add multicast MAC
address entries
multicast
interface andatory
mac-address
mac-address
interface-list vlan vlan_id
M
se the undo command to remove your configuration.
isted, the system gives
mmand can only remove the multicast MAC address
U
z If the multicast MAC address entry you intend to add has ex
the prompt information.
z After you manually add a multicast MAC address, the switch cannot learn it using
IGMP snooping. The co
entries manually added, but not those learned by the switch.

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BrandHuawei
ModelQuidway S3000-EI Series
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