Configurable IGMP timers and counters > Default values

Default values

Output of the command show ip igmp shows the values of the configurable IGMP settings. The following output shows the default values.

Manager Switch 1> show ip igmp

IGMP Protocol

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Status

Enabled

Default Query Interval

125

secs

Default Timeout Interval

260

secs

Last Member Query Interval

10 (1/10secs)

Last Member Query Count

2

 

Robustness Variable

2

 

Query Response Interval

100

(1/10secs)

.

.

.

Note that units for Last Member Query Interval (LMQI) and Query Response Interval are 0.1 seconds. Therefore, the default LMQI is 1 second and the default Query Response Interval is 10 seconds.

Last Member Query Count and Last Member Query Interval

The Last Member Query Count (LMQC) is the number of Specific Queries the Querier sends after receiving a Leave message—1 to 5 messages.

The Last Member Query Interval (LMQI) is the time between the Specific Queries—1 to 255 in units of 0.1 seconds.

These counters determine how quickly a group times out when the last client leaves the group. You should read this section in conjunction with "How clients leave groups: queries and timers" on page 58, which has an outline of the leave process and a detailed discussion of the timers.

What these counters do

On the Querier and all Snoopers, IGMP keeps group membership timeout values on each port. During general multicasting, these timeouts are (by default) 260 seconds. When a client leaves a group, these timeouts are reduced to make multicasting stop quickly after the last client leaves. The LMQC and LMQI determine the value of the timeout during this leave process (2 seconds with the default LMQC and LMQI).

On the Querier, the timeout during the leave process = LMQC * LMQI

On Snoopers, the timeout during the leave process =

LMQI from Querier * LMQC from Snooper

From Software Version 291-08, the command show igmpsnooping vlan={<vid>all} detail displays the timers for each individual port.

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