Huawei Quidway S3500 Series User Manual

Operation Manual - Multicast
Quidway S3500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 9 Multicast VLAN
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Chapter 9 Multicast VLAN
 Note:
Among S3500 Series Ethernet Switches, S3552G/S3552P/S3552F/S3528G/S3528P
support IGMP Snooping.
9.1 Introduction to Multicast VLAN
Generally, when users in different virtual LANs (VLANs) order a multicast stream, each
of these VLANs copies the same multicast stream to itself. In this method, a great deal
of bandwidth is wasted.
Multicast VLAN is used to solve this problem. You can configure a multicast VLAN, join
related switch ports into this VLAN and enable the IGMP Snooping function to make
users in different VLANs share the same multicast VLAN. After doing that, multicast
streams are transmitted only through the multicast VLAN, and therefore the bandwidth
is saved. Additionally, the absolute isolation between the multicast VLAN and the user
VLANs guarantees the security of the network.
9.2 Multicast VLAN Configuration
9.2.1 Configuration Tasks
Though multicast VLAN is mainly implemented at layer 2 switching, you must configure
it on both layer 2 and 3 switches.
The following table describes the multicast VLAN configuration tasks
Table 9-1 Multicast VLAN configuration tasks on layer 3 switch
Item Command Description
Entering the system
view
system-view
-
Creating a VLAN
vlan vlan-id
-
Entering the VLAN
view
interface Vlan-interface
vlan-id
-
Enabling IGMP
igmp enable
Required
Quitting the VLAN
view
service-type multicast
Required

Huawei Quidway S3500 Series Specifications

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Brand	Huawei
Model	Quidway S3500 Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English