Setting the snooping method – IBM 12.1(22)EA6 User Manual

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Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for the IBM BladeCenter, Software Configuration Guide

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Chapter 14 Configuring IGMP Snooping and MVR

Configuring IGMP Snooping

To disable IGMP snooping on a VLAN interface, use the no ip igmp snooping vlan vlan-id global
configuration command for the specified VLAN number.

Setting the Snooping Method

Multicast-capable router ports are added to the forwarding table for every Layer 2 multicast entry. The
switch learns of such ports through one of these methods:

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Snooping on IGMP queries, Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) packets, and Distance Vector
Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) packets

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Listening to Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) packets from other routers

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Statically connecting to a multicast router port with the ip igmp snooping mrouter global
configuration command

You can configure the switch either to snoop on IGMP queries and PIM/DVMRP packets or to listen to
CGMP self-join or proxy-join packets. By default, the switch snoops on PIM/DVMRP packets on all
VLANs. To learn of multicast router ports through only CGMP packets, use the ip igmp snooping vlan
vlan-id mrouter learn cgmp global configuration command. When this command is entered, the router
listens to only CGMP self-join and CGMP proxy-join packets and no other CGMP packets. To learn of
multicast router ports through only PIM-DVMRP packets, use the ip igmp snooping vlan vlan-id
mrouter learn pim-dvmrp
global configuration command.

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to alter the method in which a VLAN interface
dynamically accesses a multicast router:

Step 3

end

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 4

copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

Command

Purpose

Command

Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2

ip igmp snooping vlan vlan-id mrouter
learn
{cgmp | pim-dvmrp}

Enable IGMP snooping on a VLAN. The VLAN ID range is 1 to 4094.

Specify the multicast router learning method:

•

cgmp—Listen for CGMP packets. This method is useful for
reducing control traffic.

•

pim-dvmrp—Snoop on IGMP queries and PIM-DVMRP packets.
This is the default.

Step 3

end

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 4

show ip igmp snooping

Verify the configuration.

Step 5

copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

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