Administrator Guide

968 Layer-2 Multicast Features
Configuring L2 Multicast Features (CLI)
This section provides information about the commands used for configuring
L2 multicast settings on the switch. For more information about the
commands, see the Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON, N1500, N2000,
N2100-ON, N3000, N3100-ON, and N4000 Series Switches CLI Reference
Guide at www.dell.com/support.
Configuring Layer-2 Multicasting
Use the following commands to configure MAC address table features.
Command Purpose
configure Enter global configuration mode.
mac address-table static
{mac-multicast-address
| ip-multicast-address }
vlan vlan-id interface
interface-id
Register a MAC-layer Multicast address in the bridge
table.
• mac-multicast-address — MAC multicast address in the
format xxxx.xxxx.xxxx or xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
• ip-multicast-address — An IP multicast address
• interface-id — A physical interface or port-channel.
mac address-table
multicast forbidden
address vlan vlan-id
{mac-multicast-address
| ip-multicast-address}
{add | remove}
interface interface-list
Forbid adding a specific Multicast address to specific ports.
• mac-multicast-address — MAC multicast address in the
format xxxx.xxxx.xxxx or xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
• ip- multicast-address — IP multicast address.
• add — Adds ports to the group. If no option is specified,
this is the default option.
• remove — Removes ports from the group.
• interface-list — Specifies the interface type (port-
channel, gigabitethernet, tengigabitethernet) and
number. Separate nonconsecutive interfaces with a
comma and no spaces; use a hyphen to designate a range
of ports.
exit Exit to Privileged Exec mode.