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CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Note that IGMP neither alters nor routes IP multicast packets. A multicast routing protocol must be used to deliver IP multicast packets across different subnetworks. Therefore, when DVMRP or PIM routing is enabled for a subnet on this switch, you also need to enable IGMP.

L3 - network core (multicast routing)

L2 - edge switches (snooping and query)

L2 switch to end nodes (snooping on IGMP clients)

Layer 2 IGMP (Snooping and Query)

IGMP Snooping and Query – If multicast routing is not supported on other switches in your network, you can use IGMP Snooping and IGMP Query (page 3-137)to monitor IGMP service requests passing between multicast clients and servers, and dynamically configure the switch ports which need to forward multicast traffic.

Static IGMP Router Interface – If IGMP snooping cannot locate the IGMP querier, you can manually designate a known IGMP querier (i.e., a multicast router/switch) connected over the network to an interface on your switch (page 3-140). This interface will then join all the current multicast groups supported by the attached router/switch to ensure that multicast traffic is passed to all appropriate interfaces within the switch.

Static IGMP Host Interface – For multicast applications that you need to control more carefully, you can manually assign a multicast service to specific interfaces on the switch (page 3-143).

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