Force10 Networks S2410s manual Gmrp adminmode, Garp Multicast Registration Protocol Gmrp Commands

gmrp adminmode

GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP) Commands

This section provides details on GMRP commands. The commands in this sections are:

•gmrp adminmode on page 231

•set gmrp adminmode on page 232

•gmrp interfacemode enable all on page 232

•set gmrp interfacemode all on page 233

•show gmrp configuration on page 233

•show mac-address-table gmrp on page 234

GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)

•GMRP propagates group membership throughout a network.

•GMRP allows end stations and SFTOS Switching devices to issue and revoke declarations relating to group membership.

•(De)registration updates the Multicast Forwarding Database—multicast packets only forwarded through ports with a GMRP registration.

•GMRP is disabled by default—user must enable GMRP for the switch and then for individual ports.

•GMRP is part of the SFTOS Switching package and:

Interacts with the Spanning Tree Protocol, GARP, and the Multicast Forwarding Database Requires Independent VLAN Learning

•There is an instance of GMRP for each VLAN.

•MAC addresses are qualified by the 2-byte VLAN ID.

•SFTOS GMRP complies with:

—IEEE 802.1D Clause 10

—GMRP port configuration and status table from RFC 2674

•SFTOS limitations:

—Default filtering behavior is not supported.

—Static entries are not coordinated.

gmrp adminmode

This command enables GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP) on the system. The default value is disable.

Syntax gmrp adminmode enable

SFTOS Command Reference for the S2410, Version 2.4.1.0 231