Igmp Snooping Configuration; Overview; Principle Of Igmp Snooping; Igmp Snooping Related Ports - HP V1910 User Manual

IGMP snooping configuration

Overview

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping is a multicast constraining mechanism that runs on
Layer 2 devices to manage and control multicast groups.

Principle of IGMP snooping

By analyzing received IGMP messages, a Layer 2 device running IGMP snooping establishes mappings
between ports and multicast MAC addresses and forwards multicast data based on these mappings.
As shown in a, when IGMP snooping is not running on the switch, multicast packets are flooded to all
devices at Layer 2. However, when IGMP snooping is running on the switch, multicast packets for known
multicast groups are multicast to the receivers, rather than broadcast to all hosts, at Layer 2.
Multicast forwarding before and after IGMP snooping runs
a.
Multicast packet transmission
without IGMP Snooping
Source
Host A
Receiver
Multicast packets

IGMP snooping related ports

As shown in a, Router A connects to the multicast source, IGMP snooping runs on Switch A and Switch B,
Host A and Host C are receiver hosts (namely, multicast group members).
Multicast router
Layer 2 switch
Host C
Receiver
Host B
Multicast packet transmission
when IGMP Snooping runs
Multicast router
Source
Host A
Receiver
Host B
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Layer 2 switch
Host C
Receiver