Dell PowerConnect 6248 Configuration Guide - Page 151
IGMP Proxy, CLI Examples, Example #1: Configuring IGMP Proxy on the Router - serial settings
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IGMP Proxy IGMP proxy enables a multicast router to learn multicast group membership information and forward multicast packets based upon the group membership information. The IGMP Proxy is capable of functioning only in certain topologies that do not require Multicast Routing Protocols (i.e., DVMRP, PIM-DM, and PIM-SM) and have a tree-like topology, as there is no support for features like reverse path forwarding (RPF) to correct packet route loops. The proxy contains many downstream interfaces and a unique upstream interface explicitly configured. It performs the host side of the IGMP protocol on its upstream interface and the router side of the IGMP protocol on its downstream interfaces. The IGMP proxy offers a mechanism for multicast forwarding based only on IGMP membership information. The router must decide about forwarding packets on each of its interfaces based on the IGMP membership information. The proxy creates the forwarding entries based on the membership information and adds it to the multicast forwarding cache (MFC) in order not to make the forwarding decision for subsequent multicast packets with same combination of source and group. CLI Examples The CLI component of the Dell switch allows the end users to configure the network device and to view device settings and statistics using a serial interface or telnet session. Example #1: Configuring IGMP Proxy on the Router This command enables the IGMP Proxy on the router. To enable IGMP Proxy on the router no multicast routing protocol should be enabled and also multicast forwarding must be enabled on the router. Use these commands from the Interface mode: console#configure ip routing ip multicast ip igmp interface vlan 15 ip igmp-proxy Additional configuration options are available for the igmp-proxy command: reset-status unsolicited-report-interval Press Enter to execute the command. Reset All the proxy interface status parameters. Configure IGMP Proxy unsolicited report interval. The value of the unsolicited report interval can range from 1 to 260 seconds. The default is 1 second. Use this command from the Interface mode. Multicast 151