DELL 9.8(0.0) User Manual

Command 
Modes

CONFIGURATION

Command 
History

Version 9.3(0.0)

Added support for association of an IP address with multicast 
MAC address on the S4810, S4820T, S6000, and Z9000 
platforms.

Usage 
Information

For multicast mode of NLB, to associate an IP address with a multicast MAC 
address in the switch, use address resolution protocol (ARP) by entering the arp 
ip-address multicast-mac-address command in Global configuration 
mode. This setting causes the multicast MAC address to be mapped to the cluster 
IP address for NLB mode of operation of the switch.

Related 
Commands

 — clears dynamic ARP entries from the ARP table.

 — displays the ARP table.

mac-address-table static (for Multicast MAC Address)

For multicast mode of network load balancing (NLB), configure a static multicast MAC address, associate 

the multicast MAC address with the VLAN used to switch Layer 2 multicast traffic, and add output ports 

that will receive multicast streams on the VLAN. To delete a configured static multicast MAC address from 

the MAC address table on the router, enter the no mac-address-table static multicast-mac-
address command.

Syntax

mac-address-table static multicast-mac-address multicast vlan 
vlan-id range-output {single-interface | interface-list | 
interface-range} 
To remove a MAC address, use the no mac-address-table static 
multicast-mac-address output interface vlan vlan-id command.

Parameters

Enter the 48-bit hexadecimal address in nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn 
format.

Enter a vlan port to where L2 multicast MAC traffic is 
forwarded.

NOTE: Use this option if you want multicast functionality 
in an L2 VLAN without IGMP protocols.

output 
interface

For a multicast MAC address, enter the keyword output 
then one of the following interfaces for which traffic is 
forwarded:

• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-

channel then a number. The range is from 1 to 128.

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