Globally enabling the IGMP version

An interface or router sends the queries and reports that include its IGMP version specified on it. It may recognize a query or report that has a different version. For example, an interface running IGMP V2 can recognize IGMP V3 packets, but cannot process them. Also, a router running IGMP V3 can recognize and process IGMP V2 packet, but when that router sends queries to an IGMP V2 interface, the downgraded version is supported, no the upgraded version.

If an interface continuously receives queries from routers that are running versions of IGMP that are different from what is on the interface, the interface logs warning messages in the syslog every five minutes. Reports sent by interfaces to routers that contain different versions of IGMP do not trigger warning messages; however, you can see the versions of the packets using the show ip igmp traffic command.

The version of IGMP can be specified globally, per interface (physical port or virtual routing interface), and per physical port within a virtual routing interface. The IGMP version set on a physical port within a virtual routing interface supersedes the version set on a physical or virtual routing interface. Likewise, the version on a physical or virtual routing interface supersedes the version set globally on the device. The sections below present how to set the version of IGMP.

Globally enabling the IGMP version

To globally identify the IGMP version on a Brocade device, enter the following command.

device(config)# ip igmp version 3

Syntax: [no] ip igmp version version-number

Enter 1, 2, or 3 for version-number . Version 2 is the default version.

Enabling the IGMP version per interface setting

To specify the IGMP version for a physical port, enter a command such as the following.

device(config)# interface eth 1/5 device(config-if-1/5)# ip igmp version 3

To specify the IGMP version for a virtual routing interface on a physical port, enter a command such as the following.

device(config)# interface ve 3 device(config-vif-1) ip igmp version 3

Syntax: [no] ip igmp version version-number

Enter 1, 2, or 3 for version-number . Version 2 is the default version.

Enabling the IGMP version on a physical port within a virtual routing interface

To specify the IGMP version recognized by a physical port that is a member of a virtual routing interface, enter a command such as the following.

device(config)# interface ve 3 device(config-vif-3)# ip igmp version 2 device(config-vif-3)# ip igmp port-version 3 e1/3 to e1/7 e2/9

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