Multi-port static MAC address configuration notes

  • This feature is applicable for Layer 2 traffic.
  • This feature can be used to configure unicast as well as IPv4 and IPv6 multicast MAC addresses on one or more ports. However, when a multicast MAC address is configured, the corresponding MAC address entry cannot be used for IGMP snooping. For IPv4 multicast addresses (range 0100.5e00.000 to 0100.5e7f.ffff) and IPv6 multicast addresses (range 3333.0000.0000 to 3333.ffff.ffff), use IGMP/MLD snooping. Other multicast addresses can also be configured on the ports using this feature.
  • FastIron devices support a maximum of 15 multi-port static MAC addresses.
  • Hosts or physical interfaces normally join multicast groups dynamically, but you can also statically configure a host or an interface to join a multicast group.
Parent topic: Multi-port static MAC address