Netgear XCM89UP Web Management User Guide - Page 167

M6100 Web Management User Guide MFDB From the MFDB link, you can access the following pages: • MFDB Table on page 167 • MFDB Statistics on page 168 MFDB Table The Multicast Forwarding Database holds the port membership information for all active multicast address entries. The key for an entry consists of a VLAN ID and MAC address pair. Entries may contain data for more than one protocol. To display the MFDB Table page, click Switching > Multicast > MFDB  MFDB Table. 1. Use Search by MAC Address to enter a MAC Address whose MFDB table entry you want displayed. Enter six two-digit hexadecimal numbers separated by colons, for example 00:01:23:43:45:67. Then click on the "GO" button. If the address exists, that entry will be displayed. An exact match is required. Field MAC Address VLAN ID Type Component Description Forwarding Interfaces Description The multicast MAC address for which you requested data. The VLAN ID to which the multicast MAC address is related. This displays the type of the entry. Static entries are those that are configured by the end user. Dynamic entries are added to the table as a result of a learning process or protocol. This is the component that is responsible for this entry in the Multicast Forwarding Database. Possible values are IGMP Snooping, GMRP, Static Filtering and MLD Snooping. The text description of this multicast table entry. Possible values are Management Configured, Network Configured and Network Assisted. The resultant forwarding list is derived from combining all the forwarding interfaces and removing the interfaces that are listed as the static filtering interfaces. Configuring Switching Information 167