How mldv2 operates, Ipv6 multicast group filtering – H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches User Manual

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1.

The host sends an MLD done message to all IPv6 multicast routers on the local subnet with the

destination address of FF02::2.

2.

After receiving the MLD done message, the querier sends a configurable number of
multicast-address-specific queries to the group that the host is leaving. The destination address field

and group address field of the message are both filled with the address of the IPv6 multicast group

that is being queried.

3.

One of the remaining members, if any on the subnet, of the group being queried should send a
report within the time of the maximum response delay set in the query messages.

4.

If the querier receives a report for the group before the maximum response timer expires, it
maintains the memberships for the IPv6 multicast group. Otherwise, the querier assumes that the
multicast group has not member hosts on the local subnet and stops maintaining the memberships

for the group.

How MLDv2 operates

Compared with MLDv1, MLDv2 provides the following new features:

IPv6 multicast group filtering

MLDv2 has introduced IPv6 multicast source filtering modes (Include and Exclude), so that a host not only

can join a designated IPv6 multicast group, but also can specify to receive or reject multicast data from

designated IPv6 multicast sources. When a host joins an IPv6 multicast group, one of the following
situation occurs:

If it expects IPv6 multicast data from specific IPv6 multicast sources like S1, S2, …, it sends a report
with Filter-Mode denoted as "Include Sources (S1, S2, …)."

If it does not expect IPv6 multicast data from specific IPv6 multicast sources like S1, S2, …, it sends
a report with Filter-Mode denoted as "Exclude Sources (S1, S2, …)."

As shown in

Figure 92

, the network comprises two IPv6 multicast sources, Source 1 (S1) and Source 2

(S2), both of which can send IPv6 multicast data to IPv6 multicast group G. Host B is interested only in
the IPv6 multicast data that Source 1 sends to G but not in the data from Source 2.

Figure 92 Flow paths of multicast-address-and-source-specific multicast traffic

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