Configuring igmp snooping querier, Configuration prerequisites, Enabling igmp snooping querier – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface
view or Layer 2 aggregate
interface view:
interface interface-type
interface-number

Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface
view, Layer 2 aggregate interface
view, or port group view

Enter port group view:
port-group manual

port-group-name

Required
Use either command.

Disable the ports from becoming
dynamic router port

igmp-snooping router-port-deny
[ vlan vlan-list ]

Required
By default, a port can become a
dynamic router port.

NOTE:

This configuration does not affect the static router port configuration.

Configuring IGMP snooping querier

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure IGMP snooping querier, complete the following tasks:

Enable IGMP snooping in the VLAN

Determine the IGMP general query interval

Determine the IGMP last-member query interval

Determine the maximum response time to IGMP general queries

Determine the source address of IGMP general queries

Determine the source address of IGMP group-specific queries

Enabling IGMP snooping querier

In an IP multicast network that runs IGMP, a multicast router or Layer 3 multicast switch sends IGMP

queries, so that all Layer 3 multicast devices can establish and maintain multicast forwarding entries, in
order to forward multicast traffic correctly at the network layer. This router or Layer 3 switch is called the

“IGMP querier”.
However, a Layer 2 multicast switch does not support IGMP, and therefore cannot send general queries

by default. When you enable IGMP snooping querier on a Layer 2 switch in a VLAN where multicast

traffic is switched only at Layer 2 and no multicast routers are present, the Layer 2 switch sends IGMP

queries, so that multicast forwarding entries can be established and maintained at the data link layer.
Follow these steps to enable IGMP snooping querier:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter VLAN view

vlan vlan-id

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