
Operation Manual – Multicast
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 MLD Snooping Configuration
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z
Enable MLD Snooping in the VLAN
Before configuring an MLD Snooping policy, prepare the following data:
z
IPv6 ACL rule for IPv6 multicast group filtering
z
The maximum number of IPv6 multicast groups that can pass the ports
3.6.2 Configuring an IPv6 Multicast Group Filter
On a MLD Snooping–enabled switch, the configuration of an IPv6 multicast group filter
allows the service provider to define limits of multicast programs available to different
users.
In an actual application, when a user requests a multicast program, the user’s host
initiates an MLD report. Upon receiving this report message, the switch checks the
report against the configured ACL rule. If the port on which the report was heard can
join this IPv6 multicast group, the switch adds an entry for this port in the MLD
Snooping forwarding table; otherwise the switch drops this report message. Any IPv6
multicast data that fails the ACL check will not be sent to this port. In this way, the
service provider can control the VOD programs provided for multicast users.
I. Configuring an IPv6 multicast group filter globally
Follow these steps to configure an IPv6 multicast group globally:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter MLD Snooping view
mld-snooping
—
Configure an IPv6
multicast group filter
group-policy
acl6-number
[
vlan
vlan-list
]
Required
No IPv6 filter configured by
default, namely hosts can join
any IPv6 multicast group.
II. Configuring an IPv6 multicast group filter on a port or a group of ports
Follow these steps to configure an IPv6 multicast group filer on a port or a group of
ports:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter Ethernet
port view
interface interface-type
interface-number
Enter the
corresponding
view
Enter port
group view
port-group
{
manual
port-group-name
|
aggregation
agg-id
}
Use either
command