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Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this chapter. For the latest feature
information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support an d Cisco software image
support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on
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Prerequisites for Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping

To use IPv6, you must configure the dual IPv4 and IPv6 Switch Database Management (SDM )
template on the switch. You select the template by entering the sdm prefer dual-ipv4-and-ipv6
global configuration command.

Restrictions for Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping

To use this feature, the switch must be running the LAN Base image.
You can use Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping to enable efficient distribution of IP
version 6 (IPv6) multicast data to clients and routers in a switched network on the switch.

Information About Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping

IPv6 MLD Snooping

In IP version 4 (IPv4), Layer 2 switches can use Internet Group Management Protocol (IG MP) snooping
to limit the flooding of multicast traffic by dynamically configuring Layer 2 interfaces so that multicast
traffic is forwarded to only those interfaces associated with IP multicast devices. In IPv6, MLD snooping
performs a similar function. With MLD snooping, IPv6 multicast data is selectively forwarded to a list
of ports that want to receive the data, instead of being flooded to all ports in a VLAN. This list is
constructed by snooping IPv6 multicast control packets.