Configuring igmp packet options on an interface, Configuring igmp query and response parameters – H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F1000-E User Manual

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To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter public network IGMP view

igmp

Configure the router to discard any
IGMP message that does not carry
the Router-Alert option

require-router-alert

Optional
By default, the device does not

check the Router-Alert option.

Enable insertion of the Router-Alert
option into IGMP messages

send-router-alert

Optional
By default, IGMP messages carry
the Router-Alert option.

Configuring IGMP packet options on an interface

Follow these steps to configure IGMP packet options on an interface:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter interface view

interface interface-type
interface-number

Configure the interface to discard
any IGMP message that does not

carry the Router-Alert option

igmp require-router-alert

Optional
By default, the device does not
check the Router-Alert option.

Enable insertion of the Router-Alert
option into IGMP messages

igmp send-router-alert

Optional
By default, IGMP messages carry

the Router-Alert option.

Configuring IGMP Query and Response Parameters

On startup, the IGMP querier sends “startup query count” IGMP general queries at the “startup query
interval”, which is 1/4 of the “IGMP query interval”.
The IGMP querier periodically sends IGMP general queries at the “IGMP general query interval” to

determine whether any multicast group member exists on the network. You can tune the IGMP general

query interval based on actual condition of the network.
Upon receiving an IGMP leave message, the IGMP querier sends “last member query count” IGMP

group-specific queries at the “IGMP last-member query interval”. IGMP is robust to “robustness variable
minus 1” packet losses on a network. Therefore, a greater value of the robustness variable makes the

IGMP querier “more robust”, but results in a longer multicast group timeout time.
Upon receiving an IGMP query (general query or group-specific query), a host starts a delay timer for

each multicast group it has joined. This timer is initialized to a random value in the range of 0 to the

maximum response time, which is derived from the Max Response Time field in the IGMP query. When

the timer value comes down to 0, the host sends an IGMP report to the corresponding multicast group.
An appropriate setting of the maximum response time for IGMP queries allows hosts to respond to

queries quickly and avoids bursts of IGMP traffic on the network caused by reports simultaneously sent

by a large number of hosts when the corresponding timers expires simultaneously.

For IGMP general queries, you can configure the maximum response time to fill their Max Response
time field.

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