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switch protocol might operate abnormally).

29.5.4 IPv6 DCSCM Troubleshooting

IPv6 DCSCM module acts like ACL, so most problems are caused by improper configuration.

Please read the instructions above carefully.

29.6 MLD

29.6.1 Introduction to MLD

MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery) is the multicast group member (receiver) discovery

protocol serving IPv6 multicast. It is similar to IGMP Protocol in IPv4 multicast application.

Correspondingly, MLD Protocol version1 is similar to IGMP Protocol version2, and MLD

Protocol version2 is similar to IGMP Protocol version3. Current firmware supports MLDv1/

MLDv2.

The IPv6 multicast hosts can join or leave from multicast group at any location, any time,

regardless of the total number of group members. It is unnecessary and impossible for

multicast switch to store the relationship among all host members. Multicast switch simply

finds out via MLD protocol if there are receivers of certain multicast group on the network

segment connected to each port. The only thing host need to do is to keep the record of which

multicast groups it joined.

MLD is unsymmetrical between host and switch: the host needs to respond the MLD query

message of multicast switch with membership report message; the switch periodically sends

membership query message and determines if there is host joining a specific group in its

subnetworks according to the response message received, and after it receives the report of a

host quitting from the group, it sends out the query for the group to confirm if there is no

member left in it.

There are three types of protocol messages of MLD Protocol, that is, Query, Report and Done

(which is corresponding to Leave of IGMPv2). Like IGMPV2, the Query messages include

General Query and Specific Group Query. General Query uses the multicast address FF02::1

of hosts as destination address, the group address is 0; and Specific Group Query use its

group address as destination address. The multicast addresses of MLD use 130, 131 and 132

as data types denoting the three kinds of messages mentioned above. Other logic is basically

same as IGMPv2.

MLD protocol version2 use FF02::16 as destination address of membership report, and 143 as

data type. The other logic of MLD Protocol version2 is similar to IGMP Protocol version3.

29.6.2 MLD Configuration Task List

Start MLD (Required)

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