584 CHAPTER 43: MLD SNOOPING CONFIGURATION
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■ Configurations made in MLD Snooping view are effective for all VLANs, while 
configurations made in VLAN view are effective only for ports belonging to the 
current VLAN. For a given VLAN, a configuration made in MLD Snooping view 
is effective only if the same configuration is not made in VLAN view.
■ Configurations made in MLD Snooping view are effective for all ports; 
configurations made in Ethernet port view are effective only for the current 
port; configurations made in manual port group view are effective only for all 
the ports in the current port group; configurations made in aggregation group 
view are effective only for the master port. For a given port, a configuration 
made in MLD Snooping view is effective only if the same configuration is not 
made in Ethernet port view or port group view.
Configuring Basic 
Functions of MLD 
Snooping
Configuration
Prerequisites
Before configuring the basic functions of MLD Snooping, complete the following 
tasks:
■ Configure the corresponding VLANs
Before configuring the basic functions of MLD Snooping, prepare the following 
data:
■ The version of MLD Snooping
Enabling MLD Snooping Follow these steps to enable MLD Snooping:
“Configuring an MLD Snooping Policy” on 
page 591 
“Configuring an IPv6 Multicast 
Group Filter” on page 591 
Optional 
“Configuring IPv6 Multicast 
Source Port Filtering” on page 
592 
Optional 
“Configuring Dropping Unknown 
IPv6 Multicast Data” on page 593 
Optional 
“Configuring MLD Report 
Suppression” on page 593 
Optional 
“Configuring Maximum Multicast 
Groups that that Can Be Joined 
on a Port” on page 594 
Optional 
“Configuring IPv6 Multicast 
Group Replacement” on page 
594 
Optional
Task Remarks 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view  system-view - 
Enable MLD Snooping 
globally and enter 
MLD-Snooping view 
mld-snooping Required
Disabled by default 
Return to system view  quit -