Dell X1000 Networking X-Series Switches User Guide - Page 294

IGMP Snooping

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FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\gina\Desktop\Checkout_new\Dell Astute\User Guide\Dell_Astute_Network_Admin_Multicast.fm 4 Click Edit. 5 Select an interface or group of interfaces in the graphic block, and click one of the following Multicast Forwarding Mode options: - Static-The port receives all Multicast streams. - Forbidden-Ports cannot receive any Multicast streams, even if IGMP/MLD snooping designated the port to join a Multicast group. - None-The port is not a Forward All port IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping can be enabled globally, as described in the Global Parameters page. It can also be enabled per VLAN to support selective IPv4 Multicast forwarding. In this case, Bridge Multicast filtering must also be enabled. By default, a Layer 2 switch forwards Multicast frames to all ports of the relevant VLAN, essentially treating the frame as if it were a Broadcast. When IGMP Snooping is enabled per VLAN, the switch forwards Multicast frames to ports that have registered as Multicast clients in the VLAN. NOTE: The switch supports IGMP Snooping only on static VLANs. It does not support IGMP Snooping on dynamic VLANs. The IGMP Snooping Querier is used to support a Layer 2 Multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a Multicast router, for example, where Multicast content is provided by a local server, but the router (if one exists) on that network does not support Multicast. There should only be a single IGMP Querier in a Layer 2 Multicast domain. The switch supports standards-based IGMP Querier election when more than one IGMP Querier is present in the domain. The speed of IGMP Querier activity should be aligned with the IGMPsnooping-enabled switches. Queries should be sent at a rate that is aligned to the snooping table aging time. If queries are sent at a rate lower than the aging time, the subscriber cannot receive the Multicast packets. To enable IGMP Snooping on a VLAN: 1 Click Network Administration > Multicast >IGMP Snooping. The IGMP snooping information for the VLANs on the switch is displayed. DELL CONFIDENTIAL - PRELIMINARY 8/9/16 - FOR PROOF ONLY 294 Network Administration: Multicast

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Network Administration: Multicast
FILE LOCATION:
C:\Users\gina\Desktop\Checkout_new\Dell Astute\User
Guide\Dell_Astute_Network_Admin_Multicast.fm
DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 8/9/16 - FOR PROOF ONLY
4
Click
Edit
.
5
Select an interface or group of interfaces in the graphic block, and click
one of the following
Multicast Forwarding Mode
options:
Static
—The port receives all Multicast streams.
Forbidden
—Ports cannot receive any Multicast streams, even if
IGMP/MLD snooping designated the port to join a Multicast group.
None
—The port is not a Forward All port
IGMP Snooping
IGMP Snooping can be enabled globally, as described in the
Global
Parameters
page. It can also be enabled per VLAN to support selective IPv4
Multicast forwarding. In this case, Bridge Multicast filtering must also be
enabled.
By default, a Layer 2 switch forwards Multicast frames to all ports of the
relevant VLAN, essentially treating the frame as if it were a Broadcast. When
IGMP Snooping is enabled per VLAN, the switch forwards Multicast frames
to ports that have registered as Multicast clients in the VLAN.
NOTE:
The switch supports IGMP Snooping only on static VLANs. It does not
support IGMP Snooping on dynamic VLANs.
The IGMP Snooping Querier is used to support a Layer 2 Multicast domain
of snooping switches in the absence of a Multicast router, for example, where
Multicast content is provided by a local server, but the router (if one exists)
on that network does not support Multicast.
There should only be a single IGMP Querier in a Layer 2 Multicast domain.
The switch supports standards-based IGMP Querier election when more than
one IGMP Querier is present in the domain.
The speed of IGMP Querier activity should be aligned with the IGMP-
snooping-enabled switches. Queries should be sent at a rate that is aligned to
the snooping table aging time. If queries are sent at a rate lower than the
aging time, the subscriber cannot receive the Multicast packets.
To enable IGMP Snooping on a VLAN:
1
Click
Network Administration > Multicast > IGMP Snooping
.
The IGMP snooping information for the VLANs on the switch is
displayed.