Configuring mld snooping proxying, Configuration prerequisites, Enabling mld snooping proxying – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Configure the source IPv6 address
of MLD general queries

mld-snooping general-query
source-ip { ipv6-address |
current-interface }

Required
FE80::02FF:FFFF:FE00:0001 by

default.

Configure the source IPv6 address
of MLD multicast-address-specific

queries

mld-snooping special-query
source-ip { ipv6-address |

current-interface }

Required
FE80::02FF:FFFF:FE00:0001 by
default.

CAUTION:

The source IPv6 address of MLD query messages might affect MLD querier election within the segment.

Configuring MLD snooping proxying

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure MLD snooping proxying in a VLAN, complete the following tasks:

Enable MLD snooping in the VLAN

Determine the source IPv6 address for the MLD reports sent by the proxy

Determine the source IPv6 address for the MLD done messages sent by the proxy

Enabling MLD snooping proxying

The MLD snooping proxying function works on a per-VLAN basis. After you enable the function in a

VLAN, the device works as the MLD snooping proxy for the downstream hosts and upstream router in the

VLAN.
Follow these steps to enable MLD snooping proxying in a VLAN:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter VLAN view

vlan vlan-id

Enable MLD snooping proxying
in the VLAN

mld-snooping proxying enable

Required
Disabled by default.

Configuring a source IPv6 address for the MLD messages sent
by the proxy

You can set the source IPv6 addresses in the MLD reports and done messages that the MLD snooping

proxy sends on behalf of its attached hosts.
Follow these steps to configure the source IPv6 addresses for the MLD messages that the MLD snooping

proxy sends on behalf of its attached hosts in a VLAN:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

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