Operation Manual – IGMP Snooping
Quidway S3100 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1
IGMP Snooping Configuration
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1.2 IGMP Snooping Configuration
The following sections describe the IGMP Snooping configuration tasks.
z Enabling IGMP Snooping
z Configuring Timers
z Enabling IGMP Fast Leave Processing
z Configuring IGMP Snooping Filtering ACL
z Configuring Multicast VLAN
Among them, enabling IGMP Snooping is required, while others are optional (you can
determine whether or not to perform these tasks according to your needs).
1.2.1 Enabling IGMP Snooping
You can use the command here to enable IGMP Snooping so that it can establish and
maintain MAC multicast forwarding tables at layer 2.
Table 1-4 Enable IGMP Snooping
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view —
Enable IGMP
Snooping globally
igmp-snooping enable
Required
IGMP Snooping is
disabled globally.
Enter VLAN view
vlan vlan-id
—
Enable IGMP
Snooping on the
VLAN
igmp-snooping enable
Required
By default, IGMP
Snooping is disabled
on the VLAN.
Caution:
z Although both Layer 2 and Layer 3 multicast protocols can run on the same switch
simultaneously, they cannot run simultaneously on a VLAN and its corresponding
VLAN interface.
z IGMP Snooping functions on a VLAN only when it is first enabled globally in system
view and then enabled in the VLAN view.