Online Help for Optivity Switch Manager Release 1.1

Highlighting a multicast forwarding path

To highlight a multicast forwarding path from a source subnet to a multicast node within a multicast group:

1. In the Multicast Manager navigation pane, select a forwarding node under a multicast group and source subnet that you want to view, or select a source subnet under a multicast group.
2. From Multicast Manager menu bar, choose View > Highlight Topology.
3. Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The devices and forwarding path are highlighted.

­	If a forwarding node was selected, the devices and a single forwarding path are highlighted.

­	If a source subnet folder was selected, the devices and all forwarding paths coming out of a source are highlighted.

You can also select a multicast protocol in Multicast Manager and view in Optivity Switch Manager the devices that are actively using that protocol.

To view devices using multicast protocols:

1. In the Multicast Manager navigation pane, select a multicast protocol from the first four branches in the tree.
2. Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The devices using DVMRP are highlighted.