
Operation Manual – Multicast
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 IGMP Snooping Configuration
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Router port: A router port is a port on the Ethernet switch that leads switch towards
the Layer 3 multicast device (DR or IGMP querier). In the figure, Ethernet 1/0/1 of
Switch A and Ethernet 1/0/1 of Switch B are router ports. The switch registers all
its local router ports (including static and dynamic router ports) in its router port list.
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Member port: A member port is a port on the Ethernet switch that leads switch
towards multicast group members. In the figure, Ethernet 1/0/2 and Ethernet 1/0/3
of Switch A and Ethernet 1/0/2 of Switch B are member ports. The switch registers
all the member ports (including static and dynamic member ports) on the local
device in its IGMP Snooping forwarding table.
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Whenever mentioned in this document, a router port is a port on the switch that
leads the switch to a Layer 3 multicast device, rather than a port on a router.
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An IGMP-snooping-enabled switch deems that all its ports on which IGMP general
queries with the source address other than 0.0.0.0 or PIM hello messages are
received to be router ports.
II. Aging timers for dynamic ports in IGMP Snooping and related messages
and actions
Table 2-1
Aging timers for dynamic ports in IGMP Snooping and related messages and
actions
Timer
Description
Message before
expiry
Action after
expiry
Router port aging
timer
For each router
port, the switch
sets a timer
initialized to the
aging time of the
route port.
IGMP general
query of which the
source address is
not 0.0.0.0 or PIM
hello
The switch
removes this port
from its router port
list.
Member port aging
timer
When a port joins
a multicast group,
the switch sets a
timer for the port,
which is initialized
to the member port
aging time.
IGMP membership
report
The switch
removes this port
from the multicast
group forwarding
table.