Configuring simulated joining – H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches User Manual

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To do...

Use the command...

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view or port group view

port-group manual

port-group-name

Use either approach

Configure the port(s) as static

member port(s)

igmp-snooping static-group

group-address [ source-ip

source-address ] vlan vlan-id

Required

No static member ports by

default

Configure the port(s) as static

router port(s)

igmp-snooping

static-router-port vlan vlan-id

Required

No static router ports by default

z

A static (S, G) joining can take effect only if a valid multicast source address is specified

and IGMP snooping version 3 is currently running.

z

A static member port does not respond to queries from the IGMP querier; when static (*, G)

or (S, G) joining is enabled or disabled on a port, the port does not send an unsolicited

IGMP report or an IGMP leave message.

z

If IGMP is enabled on the virtual interface of a VLAN on a switch and you want a port in that

VLAN to be a static multicast group or source-group member port, in addition to configuring

the port as a static member port, you need to use the igmp static-group command to

configure the VLAN interface to be a static member of the multicast group or source and

group. For details of the igmp static-group command, refer to IGMP Configuration

Commands in the IP Multicast Command Reference.

z

Static member ports and static router ports never age out. To remove such a port, you need

to use the corresponding undo command.

Configuring Simulated Joining

Generally, a host running IGMP responds to IGMP queries from the IGMP querier. If a host fails

to respond due to some reasons, the multicast router may deem that no member of this

multicast group exists on the network segment, and therefore will remove the corresponding

forwarding path.

To avoid this situation from happening, you can enable simulated joining on a port of the switch,

namely configure the port as a simulated member host for a multicast group. When receiving an

IGMP query, the simulated host gives a response. Thus, the switch can continue receiving

multicast data.

A simulated host acts like a real host, as follows:

z

When a port is configured as a simulated member host, the switch sends an unsolicited

IGMP report through that port.

z

After a port is configured as a simulated member host, the switch responds to IGMP

general queries by sending IGMP reports through that port.

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