Nortel Networks NN47200-503 manual Igmp snooping configuration rules

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5500 Series switch filtering IP multicast streams (2 of 2)

The consolidated proxy report generated by the switch remains transparent to Layer 3 of the International Standardization Organization, Open Systems Interconnection (ISO/OSI) model. (The switch IP address and MAC address are not part of proxy report generation.) The last reporting IGMP group member in each VLAN represents all of the hosts in that VLAN and IGMP group.

IGMP snooping configuration rules

The IGMP snooping feature operates according to specific configuration rules. When configuring the switch for IGMP snooping, consider the following rules that determine how the configuration reacts in any network topology:

•There is a maximum of 240 groups on the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series.

•A port that is configured for port mirroring cannot be configured as a static router port.

•If a MultiLink Trunk member is configured as a static router port, all of the MultiLink trunk members are configured as static router ports. Also, if a static router port is removed, and it is a MultiLink Trunk member, all MultiLink trunk members are removed as static router port members, automatically.

•Static router ports must be port members of at least one VLAN.

•The IGMP snooping feature is not STP dependent.

•The IGMP snooping feature is not Rate Limiting dependent.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Configuration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.127 August 2007

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