Operation Manual – Multicast
H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Multicast Overview ...................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 Multicast Overview............................................................................................................. 1-1
1.1.1 Information Transmission in the Unicast Mode....................................................... 1-1
1.1.2 Information Transmission in the Broadcast Mode................................................... 1-2
1.1.3 Information Transmission in the Multicast Mode..................................................... 1-3
1.1.4 Advantages and Applications of Multicast .............................................................. 1-4
1.2 Multicast Architecture ........................................................................................................ 1-5
1.2.1 Multicast Address.................................................................................................... 1-6
1.2.2 IP Multicast Protocols.............................................................................................. 1-9
1.3 Forwarding Mechanism of Multicast Packets .................................................................. 1-10
Chapter 2 IGMP Snooping Configuration ................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Overview............................................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.1 IGMP Snooping Fundamentals............................................................................... 2-1
2.1.2 IGMP Snooping Implementation............................................................................. 2-2
2.2 IGMP Snooping Configuration........................................................................................... 2-6
2.2.1 Enabling IGMP Snooping........................................................................................2-6
2.2.2 Configuring Timers.................................................................................................. 2-7
2.2.3 Enabling IGMP Fast Leave ..................................................................................... 2-8
2.2.4 Configuring IGMP Snooping Filtering ACL .............................................................2-9
2.2.5 Configuring to Limit Number of Multicast Groups on a Port ................................. 2-10
2.2.6 Configuring IGMP Querier..................................................................................... 2-10
2.2.7 Configuring Multicast VLAN .................................................................................. 2-11
2.3 Displaying and Maintaining IGMP Snooping ................................................................... 2-13
2.4 IGMP Snooping Configuration Example.......................................................................... 2-14
2.4.1 Example 1 ............................................................................................................. 2-14
2.4.2 Example 2 ............................................................................................................. 2-15
2.5 Troubleshooting IGMP Snooping..................................................................................... 2-18
Chapter 3 Common Multicast Configuration.............................................................................. 3-1
3.1 Overview............................................................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 Common Multicast Configuration....................................................................................... 3-1
3.2.1 Enabling Multicast and Configuring Limit on the Number of Route Entries............ 3-2
3.2.2 Configuring Suppression on the Multicast Source Port .......................................... 3-3
3.2.3 Clearing the Related Multicast Entries.................................................................... 3-3
3.3 Displaying Common Multicast Configuration..................................................................... 3-4
Chapter 4 Multicast MAC Address Entry Configuration............................................................ 4-1
4.1 Overview............................................................................................................................ 4-1
4.2 Configuring a Multicast MAC Address Entry .....................................................................4-1