HP 6125G HP 6125G & 6125G/XG Blade Switches IP Multicast Configuration - Page 32

Configuration guidelines, Configuration procedure, Configuring a port as a simulated member host

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Configuration guidelines • A static member port does not respond to queries from the IGMP querier; when you configure a port as a static member port or cancel this configuration on the port, the port does not send an unsolicited IGMP report or an IGMP leave message. • Static member ports and static router ports never age out. To remove such a port, use the corresponding undo command. Configuration procedure To configure static ports: Step 1. Enter system view. 2. Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface view or Layer 2 aggregate interface view. Command system-view interface interface-type interface-number 3. Configure the port as a static igmp-snooping static-group member port. group-address [ source-ip source-address ] vlan vlan-id 4. Configure the port as a static igmp-snooping static-router-port router port. vlan vlan-id Remarks N/A Use either command. No static member ports exist by default. No static router ports exist by default. Configuring a port as a simulated member host Generally, a host that runs IGMP can respond to IGMP queries that the IGMP querier sends. If a host fails to respond, the multicast router might deem that no member of this multicast group exists on the network segment, and removes the corresponding forwarding path. To avoid this situation, you can configure the port as a simulated member host for a multicast group. A simulated host is equivalent to an independent host. For example, when a simulated member host receives an IGMP query, it gives a response separately. Therefore, the switch can continue receiving multicast data. A simulated host acts like a real host in the following ways: • When a port is configured as a simulated member host, the switch sends an unsolicited IGMP report through the port, and can respond to IGMP general queries with IGMP reports through the port. • When the simulated joining function is disabled on a port, the switch sends an IGMP leave message through the port. Unlike a static member port, a port that you configure as a simulated member host ages out like a dynamic member port. To configure a port as a simulated member host: Step 1. Enter system view. 2. Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface view or Layer 2 aggregate interface view,. Command system-view interface interface-type interface-number Remarks N/A Use either command. 21

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Configuration guidelines
A static member port does not respond to queries from the IGMP querier; when you configure a port
as a static member port or cancel this configuration on the port, the port does not send an
unsolicited IGMP report or an IGMP leave message.
Static member ports and static router ports never age out. To remove such a port, use the
corresponding
undo
command.
Configuration procedure
To configure static ports:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view or Layer 2
aggregate interface view.
interface
interface-type
interface-number
Use either command.
3.
Configure the port as a static
member port.
igmp-snooping static-group
group-address
[
source-ip
source-address
]
vlan
vlan-id
No static member ports exist by
default.
4.
Configure the port as a static
router port.
igmp-snooping static-router-port
vlan
vlan-id
No static router ports exist by
default.
Configuring a port as a simulated member host
Generally, a host that runs IGMP can respond to IGMP queries that the IGMP querier sends. If a host fails
to respond, the multicast router might deem that no member of this multicast group exists on the network
segment, and removes the corresponding forwarding path.
To avoid this situation, you can configure the port as a simulated member host for a multicast group. A
simulated host is equivalent to an independent host. For example, when a simulated member host
receives an IGMP query, it gives a response separately. Therefore, the switch can continue receiving
multicast data.
A simulated host acts like a real host in the following ways:
When a port is configured as a simulated member host, the switch sends an unsolicited IGMP
report through the port, and can respond to IGMP general queries with IGMP reports through the
port.
When the simulated joining function is disabled on a port, the switch sends an IGMP leave
message through the port.
Unlike a static member port, a port that you configure as a simulated member host ages out like a
dynamic member port.
To configure a port as a simulated member host:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view or Layer 2
aggregate interface view,.
interface
interface-type
interface-number
Use either command.