Configuring Layer 2 Multicast
MLD Snooping Configuration
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MLD Snooping Configuration
To complete MLD Snooping configuration, follow these steps:
1) Enable MLD Snooping globally and configure the global parameters.
2) Configure MLD Snooping for VLANs.
3) Configure MLD Snooping for ports.
4) (Optional) Configure hosts to statically join a group.
Note:
MLD Snooping takes effect only when it is enabled globally, in the corresponding VLAN and port at the
same time.
3.1 Using the GUI
3.1.1 Configuring MLD Snooping Globally
Choose the menu
L2 FEATURES > Multicast > MLD Snooping > Global Config
to load the
following page.
Figure 3-1
Configure MLD Snooping Globally
Follow these steps to configure MLD Snooping globally:
1) In the
Global Config
section, enable MLD Snooping and configure the Unknown
Multicast Groups feature globally.
MLD Snooping
Enable or disable MLD Snooping globally.
Unknown
Multicast Groups
Configure the way in which the switch processes data that are sent to unknown
multicast groups as Forward or Discard. By default, it is Forward.
Unknown multicast groups are multicast groups that do not match any of the
groups announced in earlier IGMP membership reports, and thus cannot be
found in the multicast forwarding table of the switch.
Note:
IGMP Snooping and MLD Snooping share the setting of Unknown
Multicast Groups, so you have to enable IGMP Snooping globally on the
L2
FEATURES >
Multicast > IGMP Snooping > Global Config
page at the same
time.
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