HP ProCurve 2910al Switch User Manual

2
Multimedia Traffic Control with IP
Multicast (IGMP)
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
IGMP General Operation and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
IGMP Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
IGMP Operating Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Number of IP Multicast Addresses Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Number of Multicast Filters Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
CLI: Configuring and Displaying IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
How IGMP Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Operation With or Without IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Automatic Fast-Leave IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Forced Fast-Leave IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Configuring Delayed Group Flush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
IGMP Proxy Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
How IGMP Proxy Forwarding Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
CLI Commands for IGMP Proxy Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
VLAN Context Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
IGMP Proxy Show Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Operating Notes for IGMP Proxy Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Using the Switch as Querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Excluding Well-Known or Reserved
Multicast Addresses from IP Multicast Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
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HP ProCurve 2910al Switch Specifications

General

Model	HP ProCurve 2910al Switch
Layer	Layer 3
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Power Device	Internal power supply
VLAN Support	Yes
Power Supply	100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Ports	24 or 48 x 10/100/1000 ports
Uplink Ports	4 x SFP (mini-GBIC)
Stacking	Yes
MAC Address Table Size	32000 entries
Routing Protocol	RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGMP
Remote Management Protocol	SNMP 1, RMON 1, RMON 2, RMON 3, RMON 9, Telnet, SNMP 3, SNMP 2c, HTTP, TFTP
Features	VLAN, QoS, IPv6, ACLs
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3af
Operating Temperature	0 to 45°C
Operating Humidity	15% to 95% (noncondensing)
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	PoE+ (802.3at) on PoE+ models, PoE (802.3af) on PoE models