Multimedia Traffic Control with IP Multicast (IGMP)
General Operation and Features
General Operation and FeaturesIGMP Features
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view igmp configuration | n/a | — | — | |
show igmp status for multicast | n/a | — | Yes | — |
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enabling or disabling IGMP | disabled | — | ||
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auto | — | — | ||
IGMP traffic priority | normal | — | — | |
querier | enabled | — | — | |
disabled | — | — | ||
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In a network where IP multicast traffic is transmitted for various multimedia applications, you can use the switch to reduce unnecessary bandwidth usage on a
IGMP is useful in multimedia applications such as LAN TV, desktop conferencing, and collaborative computing, where there is multipoint communication; that is, communication from one to many hosts, or communication originating from many hosts and destined for many other hosts. In such multipoint applications, IGMP will be configured on the hosts, and multicast traffic will be generated by one or more servers (inside or outside of the local network). Switches in the network (that support IGMP) can then be configured to direct the multicast traffic to only the ports where needed. If multiple VLANs are configured, you can configure IGMP on a per- VLAN basis.