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Contents
1 IGMP Snooping Configuration Guide .................................................................................................... 4
1.1 IGMP Snooping Basics ................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 IGMP Snooping Support ................................................................................................................ 6
1.3 IGMP Snooping Defaults ............................................................................................................... 6
1.4 Enabling IGMP Snooping ............................................................................................................... 7
1.5 IGMP Version ................................................................................................................................ 8
1.6 Multicast Router Port .................................................................................................................... 9
1.6.1 Router Port Timeout ............................................................................................................. 9
1.6.2 Static Router Port ................................................................................................................ 10
1.7 Leaving Multicast Group ............................................................................................................. 11
1.7.1 Group Query Interval .......................................................................................................... 12
1.7.2 Group Query Retry Count ................................................................................................... 13
1.7.3 Immediate Leave ................................................................................................................. 13
1.8 IGMP Snooping Querier .............................................................................................................. 14
1.9 Report Forward ........................................................................................................................... 16
1.10 Port Timeout (Port Purge Interval) ............................................................................................. 17
1.11 Report Suppression Interval ....................................................................................................... 18
1.12 Proxy Reporting........................................................................................................................... 19
1.13 Send Query when Topology Changes ......................................................................................... 20
1.14 Multicast Forwarding Mode ....................................................................................................... 21
1.15 Disabling IGMP Snooping ............................................................................................................ 22
1.16 IGMP Snooping Configuration Example ...................................................................................... 23

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1IGMP Snooping Configuration Guide
This document describes the IGMP Snooping feature supported in Supermicro Layer 2 / Layer 3 switch
products.
The IGMP Snooping configurations for the below listed Supermicro switch products are covered.
The majority of this document applies to all the above listed Supermicro switch products. In any
particular sub section however, the contents might vary across these switch product models. In those
sections the differences are clearly identified with reference to particular switch product models. If any
particular switch product model is not referenced, the reader can safely assume that the content is
applicable to all the above listed models.
Throughout this document, the common term “switch” refers to any of the above listed
Supermicro switch product models unless a particular switch product model is noted.
1.1 IGMP Snooping Basics
Switches learn the source M C addresses for unicast traffic and forward the unicast traffic only to the
required ports. But for multicast and broadcast traffic, switches forward the traffic to all ports except for
the port that received that traffic. This basic multicast switching function helps all hosts connected to
the switch to receive the multicast traffic.
In practical deployments, all hosts connected to a switch may not run the same multicast applications.
The hosts that do not run multicast applications receive the multicast traffic unnecessarily. Similarly the
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multicast traffic is forwarded to other switches unnecessarily when there are no hosts connected to the
other switches expecting the multicast traffic.
Forwarding multicast traffic to unnecessary hosts and switches wastes network bandwidth and
computing resources. In IP TV and other similar multicast intensive deployments, this problem leads to
considerable underutilization of network and compute resources.
Figure IGS-1: Multicast Forwarding without IGMP Snooping
The IGMP snooping function helps the switches to forward IPv4 multicast traffic to only the ports that
require IPv4 multicast traffic. This function saves network bandwidth by preventing the unnecessary
flooding of IPv4 multicast traffic.
switch performs the IGMP snooping function by snooping the Layer 3 IGMP packets and recognizes an
IGMP host’s connected ports by snooping the IGMP join messages sent from hosts. Similarly, a switch
recognizes an IGMP router’s connected ports by snooping the IGMP control messages sent by IGMP
routers. The switch maintains a multicast forwarding table based on the hosts joined and router
connected ports for every multicast group and updates the multicast forwarding table when hosts leave
multicast groups.
switch forwards the multicast traffic based on the information available on the multicast table. It
sends the multicast traffic of any group to only the ports that have hosts joined for that multicast group.
This mechanism prevents the unnecessary flooding of multicast traffic to all the ports.
Switch B
Switch A
Receiver 1 Receiver 2
Multicast
Traffic
Source

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Figure IGS-2: Multicast Forwarding with IGMP Snooping
1.2 IGMP Snooping Support
Supermicro switches support IGMP snooping for all three IGMP versions (1, 2 and 3).
Supermicro switches support forwarding of multicast traffic based on M C and IP addresses.
Supermicro switches support up to 255 multicast groups.
1.3 IGMP Snooping Defaults
Para eter Default Value
IGMP snooping global status
Disabled
IGMP snooping status in VL N
Disabled
Multicast forwarding mode
M C Based
Send query on topology change
Disabled
Proxy report
Enabled
Router port purge interval
125 seconds
Port purge interval
260 seconds
Report forward interval
5 seconds
Group specific query interval
2 seconds
Forwarding reports
To
only
router ports
Group specific query retry count
2
IGMP
version
3
Immediate
leave
(fast leave)
Disabled
Querier
Non
-
querier
Switch B
Switch A
Receiver 1 Receiver 2
Multicast
Traffic
Source

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Query
i
nterval
125 seconds
1.4 Enabling IGMP Snooping
IGMP snooping is disabled by default in Supermicro switches.
IGMP snooping needs to be enabled globally and also needs to be enabled in VL Ns individually.
Follow the steps below to enable IGMP snooping.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
Enables IGMP snooping globally.
Step 3
vlan <
vlan-list
>
Enters the VL N configuration mode.
vlan-list – may be any VL N number or
list of VL N numbers. Multiple VL N
numbers can be provided as comma-
separated values. Consecutive VL N
numbers can be provided as a range,
such as 5-10.
If multiple VL Ns are provided, the next
step will enable IGMP snooping on all
these VL Ns.
Step 4
ip ig p snooping
Enables IGMP snooping
on
VL N.
Step 5
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 6
show ip ig p snooping globals
show ip ig p snooping vlan <vlan>
Displays the
IGMP snooping
information.
Step 7
write
startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this
IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
GMRP feature needs to be in
the
disabled state while enabling IGMP snooping. GMRP is
disabled by default in Supermicro switches.
Use the “set g rp disable” command to disable the GMRP feature if needed.
The example below shows the commands to enable IGMP snooping.
Enable IGMP snooping for VLAN 1, 10 and 20.

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SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping
SMIS(config)# vlan 1,10,20
SMIS(config-vlan)# ip ig p snooping
SMIS(config-vlan)# end
1. IGMP Version
The IGMP protocol standard has three versions: v1, v2 and v3. Supermicro switches support IGMP
snooping for all three versions. Supermicro IGMP snooping support interoperates with different IGMP
versions as defined in IGMP protocol standard.
The default IGMP snooping version is v3, which works compatible with IGMP versions 1 and 2.
Supermicro switches provide flexibility for user to configure IGMP snooping versions for individual
VL Ns. User can configure different IGMP version on different VL Ns.
Follow the steps below to change IGMP snooping version on any VL N.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
vlan <
vlan-list
>
Enters the VL N configuration mode.
vlan-list – may be any VL N number or
list of VL N numbers. Multiple VL N
numbers can be provided as comma-
separated values. Consecutive VL N
numbers can be provided as a range,
such as 5-10.
If multiple VL Ns are provided, the next
step will be applied on all these VL Ns.
Step 3
ip ig p snooping
version {v1 | v2 | v3}
Configures IGMP snooping version.
Step 5
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 6
show ip ig p snooping vlan <
vlan
>
Displays the IGMP
snooping
version
information for the given VL N.
Step 7
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The example below shows the commands to configure different versions of IGMP snooping.
Configure IGMP snooping version 3 for VLAN 10 and version 2 for VLAN 20.

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SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# vlan 10
SMIS(config-vlan)# ip ig p snooping version v3
SMIS(config-vlan)# exit
SMIS(config)# vlan 20
SMIS(config-vlan)# ip ig p snooping version v2
SMIS(config-vlan)# end
1.6 Multicast Router Ports
Supermicro switches monitor the IGMP control messages sent by IGMP routers and recognize the ports
that receive IGMP router messages as router ports.
switch forwards the IGMP member reports from the host computers to only the router ports. If a
switch does not recognize any router ports, it forwards the host computers’ IGMP reports to all ports
except the one that received the host report’s message.
1.6.1 Router Port Timeouts
fter finding the router ports, switches expect to periodically receive IGMP control messages from
them. If IGMP receives no control messages are for a period of time from any router port, a switch will
stop considering those ports as router ports until IGMP control messages are received again. This period
of time is called the router port timeout value.
By default, Supermicro switches have a router port timeout value of 125 seconds. This value can be
changed by following the steps below.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
router
-
ti e
-
out
<timeout>
Configures the router port
time
out
value in seconds.
timeout – may be any value from 60 to
600 seconds.
The default value is 125 seconds.
Step 3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ip ig p snooping
globals
Displays the IGMP snooping r
outer port
timeout information.
Step 5
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping router
-
ti e
-
out”
command
resets the
router time
out value to
its default value of 125 seconds.

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The example below shows the commands used to configure the router port timeout value.
Configure the router port ti eout value as 90 seconds.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping router-ti e-out 90
SMIS(config)# end
1.6.2 Static Router Ports
Router ports can also be configured statically. Router ports are configured per VL N basis.
Follow the steps below to configure the static router port for any VL N.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
vlan <
vlan-list
>
Enters the VL N configuration mode.
vlan-list – may be any VL N number or
list of VL N numbers. Multiple VL N
numbers can be provided as comma-
separated values. Consecutive VL N
numbers can be provided as a range,
such as 5-10.
If multiple VL Ns are provided, the next
step will configure the router ports for
all these VL Ns.
Step 3
ip ig p snooping
router
<interface-type
>
<interface-id>
Configures
the router port
.
interface-type – may be any of the
following:
gigabit ethernet – gi
extreme ethernet – ex
qx ethernet – qx
port channel – po
interface-id is in slot/port format for all
physical interfaces. It may be the port
channel identifier for port channel
interfaces.
Step 5
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 6
show ip ig p snooping
router [
vlan <
vlan
>
]
Displays the IGMP snooping
router port
information. If a VL N identifier is
provided it displays the router port for
the given VL N. If a VL N identifier is
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for all the VL Ns on the switch.
Step 7
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves
this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping router
<interface-type> <interface-id>
”
command
can be
used to remove a statically configured router port from a VL N.
The example below shows the commands used to configure the router ports.
Configure port gi 0/1 as the router port for VLAN 10.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# vlan 10
SMIS(config-vlan)# ip ig p snooping router gi 0/1
SMIS(config-vlan)# end
1.7 Leaving a Multicast Group
Host computers leave multicast groups either silently or by sending IGMP leave messages. Switches
monitor the IGMP leave messages sent by host computers. When a switch receives an IGMP leave
message for any group on a port, it does not delete the port from the group entry on the multicast table
immediately. Instead, the switch sends an IGMP group-specific query message on the port that received
the IGMP leave message. If there is any other IGMP host on that port that joined the same multicast
group, the switch will receive an IGMP member report as a response. If no hosts respond on that port,
the switch will assume no other IGMP hosts are connected on that port for the same group and will
delete the corresponding port from the group entry on the multicast table.
Switches follow the above process
only for IGMP version 2 leave messages.
The following parameters are used to control the leave message handling procedure in Supermicro
switches.
Group Query Interval – This configures the amount of time a switch will wait to get response for its
group specific queries from IGMP hosts.
Retry Count – This configures the number of times a switch sends a group specific query to look for
IGMP hosts on the port that received an IGMP leave message.

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I ediate Leave – This configures the switch to consider the host leave immediately instead of sending
group specific query messages to look for other IGMP hosts on the port that received an IGMP leave
message.
These parameters can be configured as explained below.
1.7.1 Group Query Interval
Switches send a group specific query messages on the port that received an IGMP leave message.
Switches wait for the group query interval time to get a response from the hosts for its group specific
query messages. If they receive any host member report as a response, they will drop the leave message
received earlier on that port. If they do not receive any response from hosts for a group query interval
time, the switches will resend a query specific message based on the retry count. When the number of
times specified in the retry count is met without a response from any of the hosts, the switches will
remove the port from the group entry in the multicast forwarding table.
Users can configure this group query interval. The default group query interval is 2 seconds.
Follow the steps below to configure the group query interval.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
group
-
query
-
interval <
timeout
>
Configures the group query
interval
timeout.
timeout – may be any value from 2 to 5
seconds.
The default is 2 seconds.
Step
3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ip ig p snooping globals
Displays the IGMP snooping
group
query interval information.
Step 5
write
startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
group
-
query
-
interval
”
command
resets the group query interval
value to its default value of 2 seconds.
The example below shows the commands used to configure the group query interval time.
Configure the group query interval ti e as 5 seconds.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping group-query-interval 5

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SMIS(config)# end
1.7.2 Group Query Retry Count
When no response is received from any host for the group specific query messages, switches will resend
a group specific query messages. The number of times a switch retries sending the group specific query
messages is configurable. The default retry count is 2.
Follow the steps below to configure the group specific query message retry count.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the
configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
retry
-
count
<
count
>
Configures the
group specific query
message retry count.
count – may be any value from 1 to 5
seconds. The default is 2.
Step 3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ip ig p
snooping globals
Displays the IGMP snooping
group
specific query message retry count
information.
Step 5
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
retry
-
count
”
command
resets the group
specific
query
retry
count value to its default value of 2.
The example below shows the commands used to configure the retry count fir group specific query
messages.
Configure the group specific query essage retry count as 3.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping retry-count 3
SMIS(config)# end
1.7.3 Immediate Leave
The switch can be configured to immediately remove the port from the group entry on the multicast
table when any port receives an IGMP leave message without sending out group specific query
messages. This function is called immediate leave and it is configurable per a VL N basis. Immediate
leave is disabled by default in all VL Ns.
Follow the steps below to enable the immediate leave for any VL N.

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Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
vlan <
vlan-list
>
Enters the VL N configuration mode.
vlan-list – may be any VL N number or
list of VL N numbers. Multiple VL N
numbers can be provided as comma-
separated values. Consecutive VL N
numbers can be provided as a range,
such as 5-10.
If multiple VL Ns are provided, the next
step will enable the immediate leave
for all these VL Ns.
Step 3
ip ig p snooping
fast
-
leave
Enables the IGMP immediate leave.
Step 4
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 5
show ip ig p snooping vlan <
vlan
>
Displays the IGMP snooping immediate
leave information for the given VL N.
Step 6
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
fast
-
leave
”
command
can be used to
disable the immediate
leave function for any VL N.
The example below shows the commands used to enable the immediate leave function.
Enable the i ediate leave for the VLANs 10 and 20.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# vlan 10,20
SMIS(config-vlan)# ip ig p snooping fast-leave
SMIS(config-vlan)# end
1.8 IGMP Snooping Querier
The IGMP snooping function needs an IGMP router on the network. Simple multicast deployments in
which multicast traffic is switched and not routed may not have IGMP routers on the network. In these
cases switches will have multicast hosts and sources on the same subnet as shown in the figure below.

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Figure IGS-3: Multicast Deploy ent Without IGMP Routers
In simple multicast networks without IGMP routers, IGMP hosts will not send periodic membership
reports since there is no IGMP router to respond. Without periodic membership reports from hosts, a
switch will remove all multicast group entries on port purge timeouts. The removal of multicast group
entries on a switch will cause flooding of multicast traffic on all ports. To avoid this flooding, a switch can
be configured as an IGMP querier.
When a switch is configured as an IGMP querier, it will send periodic queries to hosts, similar to the
action of an IGMP router. This will make hosts send periodic IGMP reports and hence the multicast
group entries in switches will not time out.
Supermicro switches do not act as an IGMP querier by default. Users can configure the switch to act as
an IGMP querier for any required VL Ns.
When a Supermicro switch acts as an IGMP querier, it sends queries every 125 seconds. This periodic
time interval can be configured for every VL N.
Follow the steps below to configure a switch as an IGMP querier for any VL N.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
vlan <
vlan-list
>
Enters the VL N
configuration mode.
vlan-list – may be any VL N number or
list of VL N numbers. Multiple VL N
numbers can be provided as comma-
separated values. Consecutive VL N
numbers can be provided as a range,
Switch A
Receiver 1 Receiver 2
Multicast
Traffic
Source

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such as 5
-
10.
If multiple VL Ns are provided, the next
step will configure the switch as an
IGMP querier for all these VL Ns.
Step 3
ip ig p snooping
querier
Configures the
switch to act as an IGMP
querier.
Step 4
ip ig p snooping query
-
interval <
interval-value
>
Configures the periodic interval on
the
switch that will send IGMP queries.
interval-value – may be any value from
60 to 600 seconds.
The default value is 125 seconds.
Step
5
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step
6
show ip ig p snooping vlan <
vlan
>
Displays the IGMP snooping
querier
configuration for the given VL N.
Step
7
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
querier
”
command
can be used to
remove the
IGMP querier
configuration from a VL N.
The “no ip ig p snooping query-interval” command can be used to set the querier periodic
interval to the default value 125 seconds.
The example below shows the commands to configure the switch to act as an IGMP querier.
Configure the switch to act as an IGMP querier for VLAN 10 and set the querier periodic interval to
300 seconds.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# vlan 10
SMIS(config-vlan)# ip ig p snooping querier
SMIS(config-vlan)# ip ig p snooping query-interval 300
SMIS(config-vlan)# end
1.9 Report Forward
When IGMP snooping is enabled, Supermicro switches forward IGMP host member reports to IGMP
routers. When a switch has not recognized any router ports, it forwards IGMP host member reports to
all ports except the port on which the host member report was received. When a switch recognizes a
router port, it forwards the IGMP host member reports to only the recognized router port.

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The switch behavior can be changed to forward the IGMP host member reports to all the ports except
the port on which the host member report was received irrespective of router port learning.
Follow the steps below to configure a switch to forward the IGMP host member reports to all the ports
except the port on which the host member report was received.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
report
-
forward
{ all
-
ports |
router-ports }
Configures the IGMP host member
’s
report forwarding behavior.
Use all-ports to configure a switch to
forward IGMP host member reports to
all ports.
Use router-ports to configure the
switch to forward the IGMP host
member reports to the router ports
only.
The default behavior is router-ports.
Step
3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step
4
show ip ig p snooping globals
Displays the IGMP snooping
information.
Step
5
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
report
-
forward
”
command
configures the switch to the default
behavior of forwarding the IGMP host member reports only to the router port.
The example below shows commands to configure the IGMP member report forwarding.
Configure the switch to forward the IGMP e ber report to all ports.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping report-forward all-ports
SMIS(config)# end
1.10 Port Timeout (Port Purge Interval)
switch recognizes a IGMP host’s connected ports by snooping the IGMP join messages sent by the host
and maintains a multicast forwarding table based on the host’s joined ports for every multicast group.

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fter recognizing the host’s member ports, a switch expects to receive IGMP member reports
periodically on the host ports. If IGMP member reports are not received over a time period in any host
member port, the switch will remove those ports from the corresponding group entry in the multicast
forwarding table. This time period is called the port purge interval value. Once a host port is removed
from the multicast forwarding table for any group, it will no longer receive the multicast traffic for that
group.
Supermicro switches have a port purge interval value of 260 seconds by default. Users can change this
value by following the steps below.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
port
-
purge
-
interval
<timeout>
Configures the port
purge interval
value
in seconds.
timeout – may be any value from 130
to 1225 seconds.
The default value is 260 seconds.
Step 3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ip ig p snooping globals
Displays the IGMP snooping port
purge
interval information.
Step 5
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
port
-
purge
-
interval
”
command
resets the
port purge interval
value to its default value of 260 seconds.
The example below shows commands to configure the port purge interval value.
Configure the port purge interval value to 900 seconds.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping port-purge-interval 900
SMIS(config)# end
1.11 Report Suppression Interval
Supermicro switches forward the IGMP member reports sent by the hosts to IGMP multicast routers. To
avoid forwarding duplicate reports, Supermicro switches suppress any reports received within a short
time period for the same group. This time period is called the report suppression interval. ny reports
received for the same group after this interval will be forwarded to multicast routers.

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Supermicro switches suppress the IGMP reports
for IGMP version
s
1 and 2
only
.
If a
IGMP
report contains IGMP version 3 reports, switches will forward these reports to multicast
routers without suppressing.
Users can configure the report suppression time period. The default value is 5 seconds.
Follow the steps below to configure the report suppression interval.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
report
-
suppression
-
interval
<interval>
Configures the port purge interval value
in seconds.
interval – may be any value from 1 to
25 seconds.
The default value is 5 seconds.
Step 3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ip ig p snooping globals
Displays the IGMP snooping
report
suppression interval information.
Step 5
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
report
-
suppression
-
interval”
command
resets the
report
suppression interval value to its default value of 5 seconds.
The example below shows the commands used to configure the report suppression interval value.
Configure the port report suppression interval value as 90 seconds.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping report-suppression-interval 90
SMIS(config)# end
1.12 Proxy Reporting
IGMP snooping switches maintain the states of IGMP host members. This information helps the switches
send summarized IGMP reports to IGMP multicast routers. This function of IGMP snooping is called
proxy reporting. This proxy reporting feature helps reduce IGMP control message traffic on the network
by preventing the forwarding of every host report to the IGMP routers.

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Proxy reporting is enabled by default in Supermicro switches. Users can disable or enable the proxy
reporting feature by following the steps below.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
ip ig p snooping
proxy
-
reporting
Enables the proxy reporting feature.
Step 3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ip ig p snooping globals
Displays the IGMP snooping
proxy
reporting status information.
Step 5
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this IGMP
snooping configuration to be part of
the startup configuration.
The
“
no ip ig p snooping
proxy
-
reporting
”
command
disables
the
proxy reporting feature
.
The example below shows the commands used to enable the proxy reporting feature.
Enable IGMP snooping proxy reporting.
SMIS# configure ter inal
SMIS(config)# ip ig p snooping proxy-reporting
SMIS(config)# end
1.13 Sending Queries when Topology Changes
When spanning tree topology changes, multicast traffic is often flooded. To quickly recover from the
flood, switches can be configured to send general IGMP queries to all ports when spanning tree
topology changes. This helps switches correctly recognize member ports based on the new spanning
tree topology.
Supermicro switches do not send general IGMP queries by default when spanning tree topology
changes. Users can enable the switch to send general IGMP queries when spanning tree topology
change events occur. When enabled in RSTP mode, switches send general IGMP queries to all ports
except for router ports. In MSTP mode, switches send general IGMP queries to all ports except for the
router ports of the VL Ns associated with topology changed MST instance.
Follow the steps below to enable the switch to send general IGMP queries when spanning tree topology
changes.
Step Co and Description
Step 1
configure ter inal
Enters the configuration mode
.