Configuring ipv6 multicast group replacement – H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches User Manual

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When you configure this maximum number, if the number of IPv6 multicast groups the port has joined

exceeds the configured maximum value, the system deletes all the forwarding entries for the port from the
MLD snooping forwarding table, and the hosts on this port join IPv6 multicast groups again until the

number of IPv6 multicast groups that the port joins reaches the maximum value. When the port joins an

IPv6 multicast group, if the port has been configured as a static member port, the system applies the

configurations to the port again. If you have configured simulated joining on the port, the system
establishes corresponding forwarding entry for the port after receiving a report from the simulated

member host.
To configure the maximum number of IPv6 multicast groups that a port can join:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view, Layer 2

aggregate interface view, or

port group view.

Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface
view or Layer 2 aggregate

interface view:

interface interface-type

interface-number

Enter port group view:

port-group manual

port-group-name

Use either approach.

3.

Configure the maximum
number of IPv6 multicast

groups that a port can join.

mld-snooping group-limit limit
[ vlan vlan-list ]

256 by default.

Configuring IPv6 multicast group replacement

Sometimes, the number of IPv6 multicast groups that the access controller or a port joins might exceed

the upper limit. In addition, in some specific applications, an IPv6 multicast group that the access
controller newly joins must replace an existing IPv6 multicast group automatically. A typical example is

channel switching: To view a new channel, a user switches from the current IPv6 multicast group to the

new one.
To address this situation, enable the IPv6 multicast group replacement function on the access controller
or a certain port. When the number of IPv6 multicast groups the access controller or a port has joined

exceeds the limit, one of the following occurs:

If the IPv6 multicast group replacement is not enabled, new MLD reports are automatically
discarded.

If the IPv6 multicast group replacement is enabled, the IPv6 multicast group that the access
controller or the port newly joins automatically replaces an existing IPv6 multicast group that has the

lowest IPv6 address.

IMPORTANT:

Be sure to configure the maximum number of IPv6 multicast groups that a port can join (see "

Setting the

maximum number of multicast groups that a port can join

") before enabling IPv6 multicast group

replacement. Otherwise, the IPv6 multicast group replacement functionality does not take effect.

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