Configure Switching
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Insight Managed 28-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Cloud Switch with 2 SFP 1G & 2 SFP+ 10G Fiber Ports
Configure IGMP Snooping Globally
You can configure the parameters for IGMP snooping, which is used to build forwarding lists
for multicast traffic.
To configure IGMP snooping globally:
1.
Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.
2.
Launch a web browser.
3.
In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see
The login window opens.
4.
Enter the switch’s password in the
password
field.
The default password is
password
. If you added the switch to a network on the Insight
app before and you did not yet change the password through the local browser interface,
enter your Insight network password.
The System Information page displays.
5.
Select
Switching
> Multicast > IGMP Snooping > IGMP Snooping Configuration
.
The IGMP Snooping Configuration page displays.
6.
Select the IGMP Snooping Status
Enable
or
Disable
radio button.
This specifies whether IGMP snooping is enabled for the switch. The default is Enable.
7.
Select the Validate IGMP IP header
Enable
or
Disable
radio button.
When IGMP IP header validation is enabled, any IGMP IP header must include the
Router Alert, ToS, and TTL information. Otherwise, the IGMP packet is discarded. The
default value is Enable.
8.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
9.
To refresh the page with the latest information about the switch, click the
Refresh
button.
The following table displays information about the global IGMP snooping status and statistics
on the page.
Table 42. IGMP Snooping Configuration information
Field
Description
Multicast Control Frame Count
The number of multicast control frames that are processed by the CPU.
Interfaces Enabled for IGMP
Snooping
The interfaces that are enabled for IGMP snooping.