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 Chapter 24 Multicast
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Unknown 
Multicast Frame
Specify the action to perform when the Switch receives an unknown multicast frame. 
Select Drop to discard the frame(s). Select Flooding to send the frame(s) to all ports. 
Reserved 
Multicast Group
The IP address range of 224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255 are reserved for multicasting on the 
local network only. For example, 224.0.0.1 is for all hosts on a local network segment and 
224.0.0.9 is used to send RIP routing information to all RIP v2 routers on the same 
network segment. A multicast router will not forward a packet with the destination IP 
address within this range to other networks. See the IANA web site for more information. 
The layer-2 multicast MAC addresses used by Cisco layer-2 protocols,  
01:00:0C:CC:CC:CC and 01:00:0C:CC:CC:CD, are also included in this group.
Specify the action to perform when the Switch receives a frame with a reserved multicast 
address. Select Drop to discard the frame(s). Select Flooding to send the frame(s) to all 
ports. 
Port
This field displays the port number. 
*
Settings in this row apply to all ports.
Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all ports. Use this row 
first to set the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port basis. 
Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you make them.
Immed. Leave
Select this option to set the Switch to remove this port from the multicast tree when an 
IGMP version 2 leave message is received on this port.
Select this option if there is only one host connected to this port. 
Normal Leave   
Enter an IGMP normal leave timeout value (from 200 to 6,348,800) in miliseconds. Select 
this option to have the Switch use this timeout to update the forwarding table for the 
port. 
In normal leave mode, when the Switch receives an IGMP leave message from a host on 
a port, the Switch waits for IGMP reports after the multicast router sends out an IGMP 
Group-Specific Query (GSQ) message to determine whether other hosts connected to the 
port should remain in the specific multicast group.
This defines how many seconds the Switch waits for an IGMP report before removing an 
IGMP snooping membership entry when an IGMP leave message is received on this port 
from a host.
Fast Leave
Enter an IGMP fast leave timeout value (from 200 to 6,348,800) in miliseconds. Select 
this option to have the Switch use this timeout to update the forwarding table for the 
port.  
In fast leave mode, right after receiving an IGMP leave message from a host on a port, 
the Switch sends out an IGMP Group-Specific Query (GSQ) message to determine 
whether other hosts connected to the port should remain in the specific multicast group. 
This helps speed up the leave process.
This defines how many seconds the Switch waits for an IGMP report before removing an 
IGMP snooping membership entry when an IGMP leave message is received on this port 
from a host.
Group Limited
Select this option to limit the number of multicast groups this port is allowed to join.
Max Group Num.
Enter the number of multicast groups this port is allowed to join. Once a port is registered 
in the specified number of multicast groups, any new IGMP join report frame(s) is 
dropped on this port.
Table 61   
Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting  (continued)
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