What Are Garp And Gmrp - Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Configuration Manual

What Are GARP and GMRP?

Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) is a general-purpose protocol
that registers any network connectivity or membership-style information.
GARP defines a set of switches interested in a given network attribute, such
as VLAN ID or multicast address.
PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches can use GARP
functionality for two applications:
• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) to help dynamically manage
VLAN memberships on trunk ports.
• GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP) to help control the
flooding of multicast traffic by keeping track of group membership
information.
GVRP and GMRP use the same set of GARP Timers to specify the amount of
time to wait before transmitting various GARP messages.
GMRP is similar to IGMP snooping in its purpose, but IGMP snooping is
more widely used. GMRP must be running on both the host and the switch to
function properly.
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