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Internet group management protocol – Dell PowerConnect M6220 User Manual

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Configuring IP Multicast

Displaying the DVMRP Route Summary using the CLI Command

For information about the CLI command that performs this function, see the following chapter in the

CLI Reference Guide:

• DVMRP Commands

Internet Group Management Protocol

The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is used by IPv4 systems (hosts and routers) to report

their IP multicast group memberships to any neighboring multicast routers. The PowerConnect

M6220/M6348/M8024 performs the multicast router role of the IGMP protocol, which means it collects

the membership information needed by the active multicast routing. The currently supported multicast

routing protocols in the PowerConnect M6220/M6348/M8024 are DVMRP, PIM-DM, and PIM-SM.
The PowerConnect M6220/M6348/M8024 supports IGMP Version 3. Version 3 adds support for source

filtering, which is the ability for a system to report interest in receiving packets only from specific source

addresses, as required to support Source-Specific Multicast [SSM], or from all but specific source

addresses, sent to a particular multicast address. Version 3 is designed to be interoperable with Versions 1

and 2.
The IGMP menu page contains links to web pages that define and display IGMP parameters and data.

To display this page, click IP Multicast > IGMP in the tree view.
Following are the web pages accessible from this menu page:

IGMP Global Configuration
Routing Interface
Proxy Interface

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