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Multicast strategy

Server 210.1.1.1 is distributing important multicast data on group 239.1.2.3, we can configure

on its join-in switch as follows:

Switch(config)#ip multicast policy 210.1.1.1/32 239.1.2.3/32 cos 4

In this way, the multicast stream will have a priority of value 4 (Usually this is pretty higher, the

higher possible one is protocol data; if higher priority is set, when there is too many multicast

data, it might cause abnormal behavior of the switch protocol) when it gets to other switches

through this switch.

28.8.4 DCSCM Troubleshooting

The effect of DCSCM module itself is similar to ACL, and the problems occurred are usually

related to improper configuration. Please read the descriptions above carefully. If you still can

not determine the cause of the problem, please send your configurations and the effects you

expect to the after-sale service staff of our company.

28.9 IGMP

28.9.1 Introduction to IGMP

IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) is the protocol in TCP/IP protocol family which is

responsible for IP multicast member management. It is used to set up and maintain multicast

group member relationship between IP host and its neighbor multicast switches. IGMP does

not include the spread and maintenance of relation information of group members among

multicast switches, this work is accomplished by each multicast routing protocol. All hosts

participating in multicast must implement IGMP protocol.

Hosts participating IP multicast can join in and exit multicast group at any location, any time

and without limit of member total. Multicast switch does not need and not likely to save all

relationships of all hosts. It only gets to know if there are receivers of some multicast group, i.e.

group member, on the network segment each interface connects to. And the host only needs

to save which multicast groups it joined.

IGMP is asymmetric between host and router: the host needs to respond the IGMP query

messages of multicast switches, i.e. to report message response in membership; the switch

sends out membership query messages periodically, and then determine if there are hosts of

some specific group joining in the sub-network it belongs to based on the received response

message, and send out query of specific group (IGMP version2) when receiving the report of a

host exiting the group to determine if there exists no member in some specific group.

Up to now, there are three versions of IGMP: IGMP version1 (defined by RFC1112), IGMP

version2 (defined by RFC2236) and IGMP version3 (defined by RFC3376).

The main improvements of IGMP version2 over version1 are:

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