Static Port Configuration - HP 4800G Series Configuration Manual

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Static Port Configuration

Network requirements

1/0/2, and to Switch A through GigabitEthernet 1/0/1.

IGMPv2 is to run on Router A, and IGMPv2 Snooping is to run on Switch A, Switch B and Switch C,

with Router A acting as the IGMP querier.

Host A and host C are permanent receivers of multicast group 224.1.1.1. GigabitEthernet 1/0/3 and

GigabitEthernet 1/0/5 on Switch C are required to be configured as static member ports for

multicast group 224.1.1.1 to enhance the reliability of multicast traffic transmission.

Suppose STP runs on the network. To avoid data loops, the forwarding path from Switch A to

Switch C is blocked under normal conditions, and multicast traffic flows to the receivers attached to

Switch C only along the path of Switch A—Switch B—Switch C.

It is required to configure GigabitEthernet 1/0/3 that connects Switch A to Switch C as a static

router port, so that multicast traffic can flow to the receivers nearly uninterruptedly along the path of

Switch A—Switch C in the case that the path of Switch A—Switch B—Switch C gets blocked.

If no static router port is configured, when the path of Switch A—Switch B—Switch C gets blocked, at

least one IGMP query-response cycle must be completed before the multicast data can flow to the

receivers along the new path of Switch A—Switch C, namely multicast delivery will be interrupted during

this process.

For details about the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), refer to MSTP Configuration in the Access

Network diagram

Figure 1-4 Network diagram for static port configuration

1-4, Router A connects to a multicast source (Source) through GigabitEthernet

IGMP querier

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