Configuring igmp snooping querier, Configuration prerequisites, Enabling igmp snooping querier – H3C Technologies H3C S3100V2 Series Switches User Manual

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To solve these problems, disable that switch port from changing into a dynamic router port upon

receiving an IGMP general query or a PIM Hello message, so that network security and control over

multicast users are enhanced.
Follow these steps to disable a port or a group of ports from changing into dynamic router ports:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

interface interface-type
interface-number

Enter Ethernet interface/Layer 2
aggregate interface view or port

group view

port-group manual
port-group-name

Required
Use either approach.

Disable the port or group of ports
from changing into dynamic router

ports

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

Required
By default, the port or group of

ports can change into dynamic

router ports.

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 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 to forward multicast traffic correctly at the network layer. This router or Layer 3 switch

is called “IGMP querier.”
However, a Layer 2 multicast switch does not support IGMP, and 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, allowing multicast forwarding entries to be established and maintained at

the data link layer.

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