Reloading Multicast Manager

Multicast Manager lets you refresh the information in the window with multicast information polled from the network devices. You can use this feature to load any updated information that took effect since you opened Multicast Manager.

To reload the multicast information:

1. On the Multicast Manager toolbar, click Reload.

Or, from the Multicast Manager menu bar, choose File > Reload.

An alert box opens to ask how you want to continue.

2. Do one of the following:
• Click Reload with discovery of topology to rediscover network topology and reload the Optivity Switch Manager topology map and all of the submanagers.
• Click Reload Multicast Manager only to just reload Multicast Manager. Optivity Switch Manager polls devices known to use multicast protocols for multicast protocol settings and features, but does not perform a full network topology discovery.
• Click Cancel to abandon the reload operation.
  
  

  Note: Reloading just the Multicast Manager takes less time than reloading with topology discovery. However, if there are any changes in network topology, it might result in discrepancies between the information in Multicast Manager and the information on the topology map. Such discrepancies might cause incorrect operation when you perform operations (such as highlighting the network map) that involve interactions between the submanagers and the topology map. If you observe such incorrect operation, reload the network map. For more information, see Rediscovering the network map.

  
  

Optivity Switch Manager reloads topology information from the network devices, and refreshes the Multicast Manager window with it.

See also:

• Multicast Manager window