Operation Manual – Multicast Protocol
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 MLD Snooping Configuration
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Caution:
It is meaningless to configure an MLD Snooping querier in an IPv6 multicast network
running MLD. Although an MLD Snooping querier does not take part in MLD querier
elections, it may affect MLD querier elections because it sends MLD general queries
with a low source IPv6 address.
3.5.3 Configuring MLD Queries and Responses
You can tune the MLD general query interval based on actual condition of the network.
Upon receiving an MLD query (general query or group-specific query), a host starts a
timer for each IPv6 multicast group it has joined. This timer is initialized to a random
value in the range of 0 to the maximum response time (the host obtains the value of the
maximum response time from the Max Response Time field in the MLD query it
received). When the timer value comes down to 0, the host sends an MLD report to the
corresponding IPv6 multicast group.
An appropriate setting of the maximum response time for MLD queries allows hosts to
respond to queries quickly and avoids burstiness of MLD traffic on the network caused
by reports simultaneously sent by a large number of hosts when the corresponding
timers expire simultaneously.
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For MLD general queries, you can configure the maximum response time to fill
their Max Response time field.
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For MLD multicast-address-specific queries, you can configure the MLD
last-member query interval to fill their Max Response time field. Namely, for MLD
multicast-address-specific queries, the maximum response time equals to the
MLD last-member query interval.
I. Configuring MLD queries and responses globally
Follow these steps to configure MLD queries and responses globally:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter MLD Snooping view
mld-snooping
—
Configure the maximum
response time for MLD
general queries
max-response-time
interval
Optional
10 seconds by default
Configure the MLD
last-member query interval
last-listener-query-int
erval interval
Optional
1 second by default