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Catalyst 2360 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 15 Configuring IGMP Snooping
Configuring IGMP Filtering and Throttling
This restriction can be applied to Layer 2 ports only; you cannot set a maximum number of IGMP groups
on routed ports or SVIs. You also can use this command on a logical EtherChannel interface but cannot
use it on ports that belong to an EtherChannel port group.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to set the maximum number of IGMP groups in
the forwarding table:
To remove the maximum group limitation and return to the default of no maximum, use the
no ip igmp
max-groups
interface configuration command.
This example shows how to limit to 25 the number of IGMP groups that a port can join.
Switch(config)#
interface gigabitethernet0/2
Switch(config-if)#
ip igmp max-groups 25
Switch(config-if)#
end
Configuring the IGMP Throttling Action
After you set the maximum number of IGMP groups that a Layer 2 interface can join, you can configure
an interface to replace the existing group with the new group for which the IGMP report was received
by using the
ip igmp max-groups action
replace
interface configuration command. Use the
no
form of
this command to return to the default, which is to drop the IGMP join report.
Follow these guidelines when configuring the IGMP throttling action:
•
This restriction can be applied only to Layer 2 ports. You can use this command on a logical
EtherChannel interface but cannot use it on ports that belong to an EtherChannel port group.
•
When the maximum group limitation is set to the default (no maximum), entering the
ip igmp
max-groups action
{
deny
|
replace
} command has no effect.
•
If you configure the throttling action and set the maximum group limitation after an interface has
added multicast entries to the forwarding table, the forwarding-table entries are either aged out or
removed, depending on the throttling action.
–
If you configure the throttling action as
deny
, the entries that were previously in the forwarding
table are not removed but are aged out. After these entries are aged out and the maximum
number of entries is in the forwarding table, the switch drops the next IGMP report received on
the interface.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
interface
interface-id
Specify the interface to be configured, and enter interface configuration
mode. The interface can be a Layer 2 port that does not belong to an
EtherChannel group or a EtherChannel interface.
Step 3
ip igmp max-groups
number
Set the maximum number of IGMP groups that the interface can join.
The range is 0 to 4294967294. The default is to have no maximum set.
Step 4
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 5
show running-config interface
interface-id
Verify the configuration.
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
