Configuring igmp snooping querier, Configuration prerequisites, Enabling igmp snooping querier – H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches User Manual
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To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter IGMP snooping view
igmp-snooping
—
Enable fast leave processing
fast-leave [ vlan vlan-list ]
Required
Disabled by default
Configuring fast leave processing on a port or a group of ports
Follow these steps to configure fast leave processing on a port or a group of ports:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
interface interface-type interface-number
Enter Ethernet port/ONU
port/Layer 2 aggregate
interface view or port group
view
port-group manual port-group-name
Required
Use either approach
Enable fast leave processing
igmp-snooping fast-leave [ vlan vlan-list ]
Required
Disabled by default
Configuring IGMP Snooping Querier
Configuration Prerequisites
Before configuring IGMP snooping querier, complete the following task:
z
Enable IGMP snooping in the VLAN.
Before configuring IGMP snooping querier, prepare the following data:
z
IGMP general query interval,
z
IGMP last-member query interval,
z
Maximum response time to IGMP general queries,
z
Source address of IGMP general queries, and
z
Source address of IGMP group-specific queries.
Enabling IGMP Snooping Querier
In an IP multicast network running IGMP, a multicast router or Layer 3 multicast switch is
responsible for sending IGMP general queries, so that all Layer 3 multicast devices can
establish and maintain multicast forwarding entries, thus to forward multicast traffic correctly at
the network layer. This router or Layer 3 switch is called an IGMP querier.
However, a Layer 2 multicast switch does not support IGMP, and therefore cannot send general
queries by default. By enabling IGMP snooping on a Layer 2 switch in a VLAN where multicast
traffic needs to be Layer-2 switched only and no multicast routers are present, the Layer 2
switch will act as the IGMP snooping querier to send IGMP queries, thus allowing multicast
forwarding entries to be established and maintained at the data link layer.