Implement Igmp Snooping - Huawei Quidway S3500 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual - Multicast
Quidway S3500 Series Ethernet Switches
Multicast router
Layer 2 Ethernet Switch
Video stream
Multicast group member
Figure 3-1 Multicast packet transmission without IGMP Snooping
When IGMP Snooping runs, the packets are not broadcast on Layer 2. See the
following figure:
Multicast router
Layer 2 Ethernet Switch
Video stream
Multicast group member
Figure 3-2 Multicast packet transmission when IGMP Snooping runs

3.1.2 Implement IGMP Snooping

I. Related concepts of IGMP Snooping
To facilitate the description, this section first introduces some related switch concepts of
IGMP Snooping:
Router Port: The port of the switch, directly connected to the multicast router.
Internet / Intranet
Video stream
Video stream
Video stream
Non-multicast Non-multicast
group member group member
Internet / Intranet
Video stream
Video stream
Video stream
Non-multicast Non-multicast
group member group member
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Video stream
VOD Server
Video stream
VOD Server