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Enable IPv6 forwarding and configure an IPv6 unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the
domain are interoperable at the network layer.
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Enable IPv6 multicast routing.
Enabling MLD proxying
You can enable MLD proxying on the interface in the direction toward the root of the multicast
forwarding tree to make the device serve as an MLD proxy.
Configuration guidelines
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Each device can have only one interface serving as the MLD proxy interface. In scenarios with
multiple instances, MLD proxying is configured on only one interface per instance.
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You cannot enable MLD on interfaces with MLD proxying enabled. Moreover, only the
mld
require-router-alert
,
mld send-router-alert
, and
mld version
commands can take effect on
such interfaces.
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You cannot enable other IPv6 multicast routing protocols (such as IPv6 PIM-DM or IPv6
PIM-SM) on interfaces with MLD proxying enabled, or vice versa. However, the
source-lifetime
,
source-policy
, and
ssm-policy
commands configured in IPv6 PIM view can
still take effect.
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You cannot enable MLD proxying on a VLAN interface with MLD snooping enabled, or vice
versa.
Configuration procedure
To enable MLD proxying:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter interface view.
interface
interface-type
interface-number
N/A
3.
Enable the MLD proxying
feature.
mld proxying enable
Disabled by default.
Configuring IPv6 multicast forwarding on a downstream
interface
Typically, to avoid duplicate multicast flows, only queriers can forward IPv6 multicast traffic. On MLD
proxy devices, a downstream interfaces must be a querier in order to forward IPv6 multicast traffic to
downstream hosts. If the interface has failed in the querier election, you must manually enable IPv6
multicast forwarding on this interface.
On a multi-access network with more than one MLD proxy device, you cannot enable IPv6 multicast
forwarding on any other non-querier downstream interface after one of the downstream interfaces of
these MLD proxy devices has been elected as the querier. Otherwise, duplicate multicast flows might
be received on the multi-access network.
To enable IPv6 multicast forwarding on a downstream interface
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter interface view.
interface
interface-type
interface-number
N/A