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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
Chapter 28 Configuring IGMP Snooping and Filtering, and MVR
Understanding Multicast VLAN Registration
Figure 28-1 Multicast VLAN Registration Example
When a subscriber changes channels or turns off the television, the set-top box sends an IGMP leave
message for the multicast stream. The switch CPU sends a MAC-based general query through the
receiver port VLAN. If there is another set-top box in the VLAN still subscribing to this group, that
set-top box must respond within the maximum response time specified in the query. If the CPU does not
receive a response, it eliminates the receiver port as a forwarding destination for this group.
Without Immediate Leave, when the switch receives an IGMP leave message from a subscriber on a
receiver port, it sends out an IGMP query on that port and waits for IGMP group membership reports. If
no reports are received in a configured time period, the receiver port is removed from multicast group
membership. With Immediate Leave, an IGMP query is not sent from the receiver port on which the
IGMP leave was received. Once the leave message is received, the receiver port is removed from
multicast group membership, which speeds up leave latency. Enable Immediate Leave feature only on
receiver ports to which a single receiver device is connected.
SP1
Multicast
data
Multicast
data
Customer
premises
Multicast VLAN
SP
SP
RP = Receiver Port
SP = Source Port Note: All source ports belong to
the multicast VLAN.
Hub
TV
data
Set-top box Set-top box
TV TV
PC
SP
SP
SP
SP
IGMP join
Cisco router
Multicast
server
Switch B
SP2
RP1 RP2 RP3 RP4 RP5 RP6 RP7
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Switch A