
Multicast Filtering
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Perform these steps to show the static interfaces assigned to a multicast service:
1.
Click
Multicast
>
IGMP Snooping
>
IGMP Member
.
2.
Select
Show Static Member
from the Action list.
3.
Select the VLAN for which to display this information.
Setting IGMP Snooping Status per Interface
Use the Multicast > IGMP Snooping > Interface (Configure VLAN) page to configure IGMP snooping attributes for a VLAN. To
configure snooping globally, refer to the
Configuring IGMP Snooping and Query Parameters
Command Usage
Multicast Router Discovery
There have been many mechanisms used in the past to identify multicast routers. This has lead to interoperability issues between
multicast routers and snooping switches from different vendors. In response to this problem, the Multicast Router Discovery (MRD)
protocol has been developed for use by IGMP snooping and multicast routing devices. MRD is used to discover which interfaces are
attached to multicast routers, allowing IGMP-enabled devices to determine where to send multicast source and group membership
messages. (MRD is specified in draft-ietf- magma-mrdisc-07.)
Multicast source data and group membership reports must be received by all multicast routers on a segment. Using the group
membership protocol query messages to discover multicast routers is insufficient due to query suppression. MRD therefore
provides a standardized way to identify multicast routers without relying on any particular multicast routing protocol.
NOTE:
The default values recommended in the MRD draft are implemented in the switch.
Multicast Router Discovery uses the following three message types to discover multicast routers:
Multicast Router Advertisement - Advertisements are sent by routers to advertise that IP multicast forwarding is enabled.
These messages are sent unsolicited periodically on all router interfaces on which multicast forwarding is enabled. They are
sent upon the occurrence of these events:
Upon the expiration of a periodic (randomized) timer.
As a part of a router's start up procedure.
During the restart of a multicast forwarding interface.
On receipt of a Solicitation message.
Multicast Router Solicitation - Devices send Solicitation messages in order to solicit Advertisement messages from
multicast routers. These messages are used to discover multicast routers on a directly attached link. Solicitation messages
are also sent whenever a multicast forwarding interface is initialized or re-initialized. Upon receiving a solicitation on an
interface with IP multicast forwarding and MRD enabled, a router will respond with an Advertisement.
Multicast Router Termination - These messages are sent when a router stops IP multicast routing functions on an interface.
Termination messages are sent by multicast routers when:
Multicast forwarding is disabled on an interface.
An interface is administratively disabled.
The router is gracefully shut down.
Advertisement and Termination messages are sent to the All-Snoopers multicast address. Solicitation messages are sent to
the All-Routers multicast address.
NOTE:
MRD messages are flooded to all ports in a VLAN where IGMP snooping or routing has been enabled. To ensure that older
switches which do not support MRD can also learn the multicast router port, the switch floods IGMP general query packets, which do
not have a null source address (0.0.0.0), to all ports in the attached VLAN. IGMP packets with a null source address are only flooded
to all ports in the VLAN if the system is operating in multicast flooding mode, such as when a new VLAN or new router port is being
established, or an spanning tree topology change has occurred. Otherwise, this kind of packet is only forwarded to known multicast
routing ports.
FIG. 281
Showing Static Interfaces Assigned to a Multicast Service