HP PROCURVE 2910AL Configuration Guide

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping
Overview
Overview
Multicast addressing allows one-to-many or many-to-many communication
among hosts on a network. Typical applications of multicast communication
include audio and video streaming, desktop conferencing, collaborative com-
puting, and similar applications.
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) is an IPv6 protocol used on a local link
for multicast group management. MLD is enabled per VLAN, and is analogous
to the IPv4 IGMP protocol.
MLD snooping is a subset of the MLD protocol that operates at the port level
and conserves network bandwidth by reducing the flooding of multicast IPv6
packets.
This chapter describes concepts of MLD snooping and the CLI commands
available for configuring it and for viewing its status.
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HP PROCURVE 2910AL Specifications

General

Model	HP ProCurve 2910al
Switching Capacity	128 Gbps
Throughput	95.2 Mpps
Management	Web, CLI, SNMP
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Manageable	Yes
Power	100-240 VAC
Power Supply	Internal
Operating Temperature	0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F)
Stacking	Yes
MAC Address Table Size	32000 entries
Routing Protocol	RIP, OSPF
Features	IPv6, VLAN, QoS, ACLs
Operating Humidity	15% to 95% non-condensing
Uplink Ports	4
Power over Ethernet	Yes (PoE+ models available)