Brocade Communications Systems IPMC5000PEF manual Default Igmp version, Compatibility with Igmp V1

Default IGMP version

Address field contains the multicast address of interest, and the Number of Sources (N) field contains zero.

•A "Group-and-Source-Specific Query" is sent by a multicast router to learn if any neighboring interface desires reception of packets sent to a specified multicast address, from any of a specified list of sources. In a Group-and-Source-Specific Query, the Group Address field contains the multicast address of interest, and the Source Address [i] fields contain the source address(es) of interest.

The hosts respond to these queries by sending a membership report that contains one or more of the following records that are associated with a specific group:

•Current-State Record that indicates from which sources the interface wants to receive and not receive traffic. The record contains source address of interfaces and whether or not traffic will be received or included (IS_IN) or not received or excluded (IS_EX) from that source.

The following messages are generated by hosts, not the response Query. These messages are generated when there is a change in the group member state.

•Filter-mode-change record. If the interface changes its current state from IS_IN to IS_EX, a TO_EX record is included in the membership report. Likewise, if an interface’s current state changes from IS_EX to IS_IN, a TO_IN record appears in the membership report.

IGMP V2 Leave report is equivalent to a TO_IN (empty) record in IGMP V3. This record means that no traffic from this group will be received regardless of the source.

An IGMP V2 group report is equivalent to an IS_EX (empty) record in IGMP V3. This record means that all traffic from this group will be received regardless of source.

•Source-List-Change Record. If the interface wants to add or remove traffic sources from its membership report, the membership report can have an ALLOW record, which contains a list of new sources from which the interface wishes to receive traffic. It can also contains a BLOCK record, which lists current traffic sources from which the interfaces wants to stop receiving traffic.

In response to membership reports from the interfaces, the router sends a Group-Specific or a Group- and-Source Specific query to the multicast interfaces. For example, a router receives a membership report with a Source-List-Change record to block old sources from an interface. The router sends Group-and-Source Specific Queries to the source and group (S,G) identified in the record. If none of the interfaces is interested in the (S,G), it is removed from (S,G) list for that interface on the router.

Each IGMP V3-enabled router maintains a record of the state of each group and each physical port within a virtual routing interface. This record contains the group, group-timer, filter mode, and source records information for the group or interface. Source records contain information on the source address of the packet and source timer. If the source timer expires when the state of the group or interface is in Include mode, the record is removed.

Default IGMP version

IGMP V3 is available for Brocade devices; however, these routers are shipped with IGMP V2-enabled. You must enable IGMP V3 globally or per interface.

Also, you can specify what version of IGMP you want to run on a device globally, on each interface (physical port or virtual routing interface), and on each physical port within a virtual routing interface. If you do not specify an IGMP version, IGMP V2 will be used.

Compatibility with IGMP V1 and V2

Different multicast groups, interfaces, and routers can run their own version of IGMP. Their version of IGMP is reflected in the membership reports that the interfaces send to the router. Routers and interfaces must be configured to recognized the version of IGMP you want them to process.

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