Contents

Preface

7

Document conventions

7

Text formatting conventions

7

Command syntax conventions

7

Notes, cautions, and warnings

8

Brocade resources

9

Getting technical help

9

Document feedback

10

About This Guide

11

Introduction

11

Supported hardware

11

What’s new in this document

11

How command information is presented in this guide

12

IPv4 Multicast Traffic Reduction

13

Supported IPv4 Multicast Traffic Reduction

13

IGMP snooping overview

13

Queriers and non-queriers

14

VLAN-specific configuration

15

Tracking and fast leave

15

Support for IGMP snooping and Layer 3 multicast routing

 

together on the same device

15

Forwarding mechanism in hardware

15

Hardware resources for IGMP and PIM-SM snooping

16

Configuration notes and feature limitations for IGMP snooping

 

and Layer 3 multicast routing

16

IGMP snooping configuration

17

IGMP snooping mcache entries and group addresses

18

Changing the maximum number of supported IGMP snooping

 

mcache entries

18

Setting the maximum number of IGMP group addresses

19

Enabling IGMP snooping globally on the device

19

Configuring the IGMP mode

19

Configuring the IGMP version

20

Configuring static groups to specific ports

21

Disabling IGMP snooping on a VLAN

22

Modifying the age interval for group membership entries

22

Modifying the query interval (active IGMP snooping mode only)

22

Modifying the maximum response time

22

Configuring report control

23

Modifying the wait time before stopping traffic when receiving a

 

leave message

23

Modifying the multicast cache age time

23

Enabling or disabling error and warning messages

24

Configuring static router ports

24

Turning off static group proxy

24

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