Multimedia Traffic Control with IP Multicast (IGMP)

How IGMP Operates

Supported Standards and RFCs

ProCurve’s implementation of IGMP supports the following standards and operating capabilities:

• RFC2236 (IGMP V.2, with backwards support for IGMP V.1)

• IETF draft for IGMP and MLD snooping switches (for IGMP V1, V2 V3)

• Full IGMPv2 support as well as full support for IGMPv1 Joins.

• Ability to operate in IGMPv2 Querier mode on VLANs with an IP address.

The ProCurve implementation is subject to the following restrictions:

• Interoperability with RFC3376 (IGMPv3)

• Interoperability with IGMPv3 Joins. When the switch receives an IGMPv3 Join, it accepts the host request and begins forwarding the IGMP traffic. This means ports that have not joined the group and are not connected to routers or the IGMP Querier will not receive the group's multicast traffic.

• No support for the IGMPv3 “Exclude Source” or “Include Source”

 

options in the Join Reports. Rather, the group is simply joined

 

from all sources.

 

• No support for becoming a version 3 Querier. The switch will

 

become a version 2 Querier in the absence of any other Querier

 

on the network.

 

 

N o t e

IGMP is supported in the HP MIB, rather than the standard IGMP MIBs, as the

 

latter reduce Group Membership detail in switched environments.

 

 

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