
Layer 2 management protocols
8.8 MLD Snooping (IPv6)
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
Configuration Manual, 06/2016, C79000-G8976-C252-11
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8.8
MLD Snooping (IPv6)
This section describes commands for MLD snooping. MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery)
snooping only forwards multicast packets to the intended host instead of flooding all ports
with them.
8.8.1
The "show" commands
This section describes commands with which you display various settings.
8.8.1.1
show ipv6 mld snooping
Description
This command shows the information about MLD snooping for all or a selected VLAN.
Requirement
●
MLD snooping is enabled.
●
You are in the User EXEC mode or in the Privileged EXEC mode.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli>
or
cli#
Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
show ipv6 mld snooping [Vlan <vlan id>]
The parameters have the following meaning:
Parameter
Description
Range of values / note
Vlan
Keyword for a VLAN connection
-
vlan id
Number of the addressed VLAN
1 ... 4094
If you specify VLAN, the configuration of all VLANs is displayed.
Result
The information about MLD snooping is displayed.
Further notes
You enable MLD snooping with the
ipv6 mld snooping
command.