R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101

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IGMP configuration
As a TCP/IP protocol responsible for IP multicast group member management, the Internet Group
Management Protocol (IGMP) is used by IP hosts to establish and maintain their multicast group
memberships to immediately neighboring multicast routers.
Configuring IGMP in the web interface
Configuration prerequisites
Before configuring IGMP, complete the following tasks:
• Configure a unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
network layer.
• Configure PIM-DM or PIM-SM.
Configuration overview
Table 74 IGMP configuration task list
Task Remarks
Globally enable multicast routing
Required
Globally enable multicast routing after selecting Network > Routing
Management > Multicast Routing. For more information, see
“Multicast routing configuration.”
Configuring IGMP interfaces
Required
Enable IGMP and configure an IGMP version on interfaces.
By default, IGMP is disabled and the default IGMP version is 2.
Displaying IGMP multicast group
information
Optional
View the IGMP multicast group information on interfaces.
Configuring IGMP interfaces
After you log into the Web interface, select Network > Routing Management > IGMP from the navigation
tree to enter the IGMP interface configuration page, as shown in Figure 205. Cl
ick the icon to enter
the configuration page of the specified IGMP interface, as shown in Figure 207.