Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual page 419

Chapter 20 Configuring IGMP Snooping and MVR
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Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the throttling action when the
maximum number of entries is in the forwarding table:
Command
Step 1 configure terminal
Step 2 interface interface-id
Step 3 ip igmp max-groups action {deny |
replace}
Step 4
end
Step 5 show running-config interface
interface-id
Step 6 copy running-config startup-config
To return to the default action of dropping the report, use the no ip igmp max-groups action interface
configuration command.
This example shows how to configure an interface to remove a randomly selected multicast entry in the
forwarding table and to add an IGMP group to the forwarding table when the maximum number of
entries is in the table.
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet0/1
Switch(config-if)# ip igmp max-groups action replace
Switch(config-if)# end
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If you configure the throttling action and set the maximum group limitation after an interface has
added multicast entries to the forwarding table, the forwarding-table entries are either aged out or
removed, depending on the throttling action.
If you configure the throttling action as deny, the entries that were previously in the forwarding
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table are not removed but are aged out. After these entries are aged out and the maximum
number of entries is in the forwarding table, the switch drops the next IGMP report received on
the interface.
If you configure the throttling action as replace, the entries that were previously in the
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forwarding table are removed. When the maximum number of entries is in the forwarding table,
the switch deletes a randomly selected entry and adds an entry for the next IGMP report received
on the interface.
To prevent the switch from removing the forwarding-table entries, you can configure the IGMP
throttling action before an interface adds entries to the forwarding table.
Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Enter interface configuration mode, and enter the physical interface to
configure. The interface can be a Layer 2 port that does not belong to an
EtherChannel group or an EtherChannel interface. The interface cannot
be a trunk port.
When an interface receives an IGMP report and the maximum number
of entries is in the forwarding table, specify the action that the interface
takes:
deny—Drop the report.
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replace—Remove a randomly selected multicast entry in the
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forwarding table, and add the IGMP group in the report.
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Verify the configuration.
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Software Configuration Guide
Configuring IGMP Filtering and Throttling
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