
Operation Manual – Multicast
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 MLD Snooping Configuration
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Enable MLD Snooping in the VLAN.
Before configuring MLD Snooping querier, prepare the following data:
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MLD general query interval,
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MLD last-member query interval,
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Maximum response time for MLD general queries,
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Source IPv6 address of MLD general queries, and
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Source IPv6 address of MLD multicast-address-specific queries.
3.5.2 Enabling MLD Snooping Querier
In an IPv6 multicast network running MLD, a multicast router or Layer 3 multicast switch
is responsible for sending periodic MLD general queries, so that all Layer 3 multicast
devices can establish and maintain multicast forwarding entries, thus to forward
multicast traffic correctly at the network layer. This router or Layer 3 switch is called
MLD querier.
However, a Layer 2 multicast switch does not support MLD, and therefore cannot send
MLD general queries by default. By enabling MLD Snooping querier on a Layer 2
switch in a VLAN where multicast traffic needs to be Layer-2 switched only and no
Layer 3 multicast devices are present, the Layer 2 switch will act as the MLD querier to
send periodic MLD queries, thus allowing multicast forwarding entries to be established
and maintained at the data link layer.
Follow these steps to enable the MLD Snooping querier:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter VLAN view
vlan vlan-id
—
Enable the MLD Snooping
querier
mld-snooping querier
Required
Disabled by default
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.