LevelOne GSW-4876 User Manual

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| Configuring the Switch

Multicast VLAN Registration

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ARAMETERS

These parameters are displayed:

MVR Configuration

MVR Mode – When MVR is enabled on the switch, any multicast data

associated with an MVR group is sent from all designated source ports,

to all receiver ports that have registered to receive data from that

multicast group. (Default: Disabled)

VLAN Interface Settings

MVR VID – Identifier of the VLAN that serves as the channel for

streaming multicast services using MVR. MVR source ports should be

configured as members of the MVR VLAN, but MVR receiver ports

should not be manually configured as members of this VLAN.

(Default: 100)

MVR Name – An optional attribute used to indicate the name of a

specific MVR VLAN. (Range: 1-32 alphanumeric characters, containing

at least one alphabetic character)

Mode – Specify the MVR mode of operation:

Dynamic – MVR allows dynamic MVR membership reports on

source ports. (This is the default.)

Compatible – MVR membership reports are forbidden on source

ports.

Tagging – Specifies whether the traversed IGMP/MLD control frames

will be sent untagged or tagged with the MVR VID. (Default: Tagged)

Priority – Specifies the priority for transmitting traversed IGMP/MLD

control frames. (Default: 0)

LLQI – Last Listener Query Interval is the maximum time to wait for

IGMP/MLD report memberships on a receiver port before removing the

port from multicast group membership. (Range: 0 to 31,744 tenths of a

second; Default: 5 tenths of a second)

Interface Channel Setting – When the MVR VLAN is created, click the

Edit symbol to expand the corresponding multicast channel settings for

the specific MVR VLAN. Summary about the Interface Channel Setting

(of the MVR VLAN) will be shown besides the Edit symbol.

Port – Port identifier.

Role – Click the Role symbol to configure a port to one of the following

MVR roles.

Inactive (I) – The designated port does not participate in MVR

operations. (This is the default.)

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