EPON Multicast Settings

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 EPON Multicast Settings...............................................................................................................1
1.1 OLT Multicast Introduction................................................................................................................1
1.2 OLT IGMP Multicast Configuration Tasks...................................................................................... 2
1.2.1 Enabling/Disabling IGMP Multicast..................................................................................... 3
1.2.2 Adding/Removing the Correlation of Multicast VLAN and Multicast IP Group............. 3
1.2.3 Adding/Canceling the Static Multicast Address of VLAN.................................................3
1.2.4 Setting the Router Age Timer of IGMP Snooping............................................................. 4
1.2.5 Setting the Response Timer of IGMP Snooping............................................................... 4
1.2.6 Setting the Port of the Static Multicast Router.................................................................. 5
1.2.7 Enabling/Disabling IGMP-Proxy.......................................................................................... 5
1.2.8 Setting Querier Port of OLT.................................................................................................. 5
1.2.9 Setting the Querier Address of IGMP Proxy...................................................................... 5
1.2.10 Setting the Query Counts and Period of the Special IGMP Proxy Group...................6
1.2.11 Setting the Multicast-Incompatible Mode of OLT............................................................6
1.2.12 Switching over the IGMP Multicast Mode........................................................................ 6
1.2.13 Setting the Multicast Preview Time...................................................................................6
1.2.14 Monitoring and Maintaining the IGMP Multicast............................................................. 7
1.3 OLT MLD Multicast Configuration Tasks........................................................................................ 8
1.3.1 Enabling/Disabling MLD Multicast.......................................................................................9
1.3.2 Enabling/Disabling the Solicitation of Hardware Forward of Multicast Group..............9
1.3.3 Adding/Removing the Correlation of Multicast VLAN and Multicast IP Group...........10
1.3.4 Adding/Canceling the Static Multicast Address of VLAN...............................................10
1.3.5 Setting the Router Age Timer of MLD Snooping.............................................................10
1.3.6 Setting the Response Timer of MLD Snooping............................................................... 11
1.3.7 Setting the Port of the Static Multicast Router.................................................................11
1.3.8 Enabling/Disabling MLD-Proxy..........................................................................................12
1.3.9 Setting the Querier Address of MLD Proxying................................................................ 12
1.3.10 Setting the Query Counts and Period of the Special MLD Proxy Group.................. 12
1.3.11 Monitoring and Maintaining the MLD Multicast............................................................. 12
1.4 Remote Configuration Commands for ONU Multicast...............................................................14
1.4.1 Enabling/Disabling IGMP Snooping..................................................................................14
1.4.2 Setting the Multicast Mode of ONU.................................................................................. 15
1.4.3 Setting Fast-Leave.............................................................................................................. 15
1.4.4 Setting Tag-Stripe................................................................................................................ 15
1.4.5 Setting the Permission of Multicast...................................................................................16
1.4.6 Setting Max-Group-Number............................................................................................... 16
1.4.7 Setting the Correlation of UNI port and Multicast VLAN................................................16
1.5 Forced Multicast Forwarding......................................................................................................... 17
1.6 EPON Multicast Configuration Examples.................................................................................... 17
1.6.1 IGMP-Snooping Configuration Example.......................................................................... 17
1.6.2 IGMP-Proxy Configuration Example.................................................................................18
1.6.3 Controllable IGMP Multicast Configuration Example..................................................... 20

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1.6.4 Example of MLD-Snooping Configuration Example.......................................................21

1.6.5 MLD-Proxy Configuration Example.................................................................................. 22

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Chapter 1 EPON Multicast Settings

1.1 OLT Multicast Introduction

The task of IGMP/MLD snooping is to maintain the correlation of VLAN and group
address and to keep up with the change of the multicast group. The main functions
of IGMP/MLD snooping include listening the IGMP/MLD packets, maintaining the
map of group address and VLAN, and keeping the state of host’s IGMP/MLD entity
identical with that of the router’s IGMP/MLD entity.

When the layer-2 device does not run IGMP/MLD snooping, the multicast data will
be broadcasted at the second layer; when the layer-2 device does run IGMP/MLD
snooping, the multicast data in the known multicast group will not be broadcast at
the second layer, but be transmitted to a designated receiver in the second layer
and the unknown multicast data will be discarded.

On the PON port, OLT will over the broadcast LLID channel transmit the multicast
data to all ONUs in SCB mode.

OLTs and ONUs of support the multicast VLAN. If the multicast services need be
isolated from other services on OLT, you have to plan private VLANs on OLT for
multicast to make one multicast VLAN corresponds to one multicast channel or a
multicast channel group (a set of multicast channels solely managed by one
permission). A multicast channel is designed only for a specific multicast VLAN.
The multicast flows being transmitted in the SCN channel all have carried the
multicast VLAN tag. Other data flows of a user (including unicast flows and uplink
IGMP/MLD packets) are destined to be transmitted to the unicast VLAN/CVLAN.

ONU establishes on the basis of the Add/Del Multicast VLAN OAM message the
correlation of the UNI port and the multicast VLAN, and on the basis of IGMP/MLD
snooping multicast forward-table the correlation of the UNI port and the specific
multicast group.

If ONU receives the following two types of IGMP/MLD general/specific group query
packets, it will drop them:

One is the IGMP/MLD general/specific group query packets without VLAN tag;

The other is the IGMP/MLD general/specific group query packets that have carried
the VLAN tag but whose VLAN IDs does not belong to the configured multicast
VLAN ID set of ONU.

When IEP3310/3314 receives the IGMP report packets after IGMP/MLD snooping
is enabled, the VLAN in the multicast forward table is the PVID of the multicast
router’s port. After the router’s port receives the multicast packet, IEP3310/3314
will first check the multicast forward table to confirm which member ports will be
forwarded and then change the packet's VLAN tag to the multicast VLAN tag.

Additionally, ONU should under the control of OLT remove/reserve the multicast
VLAN tag of the IGMP query packets. As to IGMP/MLD Group-Specific Query
packets, OLT should add the multicast VLAN tag to these packets according to the
multicast VLAN. As to IGMP/MLD General Query packets, they will be distributed
to all multicast VLANs in the EPON system, that is, OLT will copy multiple copies of

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each IGMP/MLD General Query packet, add different multicast VLAN tags and at
last distribute these copies to all ONUs over the broadcast LLID.

The IGMP/MLD Proxying allows the VLAN where the multicast user is located to
receive the multicast source from other VLANs. The IGMP/MLD Proxying runs on
layer 2 independently without other multicast routing protocols.IGMP/MLD
Proxying will be transmitted by the IGMP/MLD packets of the proxied VLAN to the
proxying VLAN and maintain the hardware forward table of the multicast user of
the agent VLAN according to these IGMP/MLD packets. IGMP/MLD Proxying
divides different VLANs into two kinds: proxied VLANs and proxying VLANs. The
downstream multicast VLANs can be set to the proxied VLANs, while the upstream
multicast VLANs can be set to the proxying VLANs.

Note:

1. It is to be noted that IGMP/MLD snooping can functions normally only if there

is multicast router existing for only by listening the query or report packets can
IGMP/MLD snooping realize its functions. That is, a switch has to receive the
IGMP/MLD query packets periodically and therefore the router age timer of
IGMP/MLD snooping must be set to be bigger than the group query period of
the multicast router which connects the switch. You can run show ip mcst
command to browse the information about the multicast router in each VLAN.

2. The transmitted multicast packets must carry the VLAN tag and the VLAN tag
must be same to PVID of the port which connects the multicast router.

Although IGMP/MLD Proxying is based on IGMP/MLD snooping, two are

independent in application; IGMP/MLD Snooping will not be affected when
IGMP/MLD Proxying is enabled or disabled, while IGMP/MLD Proxying can run
only when IGMP/MLD Snooping is enabled.

1.2 OLT IGMP Multicast Configuration Tasks

 Enabling/Disabling DGMP Snooping

 Adding/Removing the Correlation of Multicast VLAN and Multicast IP Group

 Adding/Canceling the Static Multicast Address of VLAN

 Setting the Router Age Timer of IGMP Snooping

 Setting the Response Time Timer of IGMP Snooping

 Setting the Port of the Static Multicast Router

 Monitoring and Maintaining IGMP Snooping

 Enabling/Disabling IGMP-Proxy

 Setting the Querier Address of IGMP Proxy

 Setting the Query Counts and Period of the Special IGMP Proxy Group

 Monitoring and Maintaining DHCP-Proxy

 Setting the Multicast Mode

 Allocating the Multicast Permission for the UNI Port of ONU

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1.2.1 Enabling/Disabling IGMP Multicast

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst enable Enables the multicast.

{no ip mcst | ip mcst disable} Resumes the default settings.

Note:

After IGMP snooping is enabled, when DLF occurs on multicast packets (that is,
the destination address is not registered in the swap chip through the
igmp-snooping), all multicast packets whose destination addresses are not
registered on any port will be dropped.

1.2.2 Adding/Removing the Correlation of Multicast VLAN and Multicast

IP Group

This command has two functions: one is that only the Report and Leave
packets whose destination IP addresses have been added to a multicast
VLAN can be received by IGMP snooping; the other one is that the VLAN tag
which transforms the next multicast flow is the multicast VLAN tag. One
multicast VLAN can include multiple continuous or discontinuous multicast
IP addresses, while one multicast IP address can only belong to one
multicast VLAN.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst mc-vlan vlan_id range A.B.C.D&<1-n> Adds the correlation of multicast VLAN and
multicast IP address.

no ip mcst mc-vlan vlan_id [range A.B.C.D&<1-n>] Deletes the correlation of multicast VLAN
and multicast IP address.

1.2.3 Adding/Canceling the Static Multicast Address of VLAN

The static multicast address can make some IGMP-incompatible hosts receive the
corresponding multicast packets.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst vlan vlan_id static A.B.C.D interface intf Adds the static multicast address of VLAN.

no ip mcst vlan vlan_id static A.B.C.D interface intf Removes the static multicast address of
VLAN.

Note:

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1. To make the adding of the static multicast address successful, you have
to set A.B.C.D in the correlation of configured multicast VLAN and
multicast IP address.

2. On IEP3310/3314 OLT, you have to set the VLAN parameter in this

command to be the same as the VLAN tag of the downlink multicast
data.

1.2.4 Setting the Router Age Timer of IGMP Snooping

The router age timer is used to monitor whether the IGMP querier exists or not; the
IGMP querier maintenance is used to maintain and manage the multicast address
by sending the query packets and IGMP snooping works by independence on the
communication between IGMP querier and host.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst timer router-age timer_value Sets the value of the router age of IGMP
Snooping.

no ip mcst timer router-age Resumes the default value of the router age
of IGMP Snooping.

Note:

The settings of the timer requires to refer to the query period settings of the IGMP
querier for it cannot be smaller than the query period; you are recommended to set
the router age timer to the triple of the query period.

By default the router age timer is set to be 260 seconds of IGMP snooping.

1.2.5 Setting the Response Timer of IGMP Snooping

The response time timer means the threshold time for the host to report the
multicast after IGMP querier sends the query packets; if this report packet is not
received after the timer ages, the switch will delete this multicast address.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst timer response-time timer_value Sets the value of the response time of IGMP
Snooping.

no ip mcst timer response-time Resumes the default value of the response

time of IGMP Snooping.

Note:

The value of the timer cannot be set too small, or the multicast communication
may be unstable.

By default the response time is set to be 15 seconds of IGMP snooping.

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1.2.6 Setting the Port of the Static Multicast Router

After a port is set to be a static multicast port, all the IGMP report packets and
leave packets, received by OLT, will be transmitted to this port.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst mrouter interface inft_name Sets the port of the static multicast router of
IGMP snooping.

no ip mcst mrouter interface inft_name Deletes the port of the static multicast router of
IGMP snooping.

1.2.7 Enabling/Disabling IGMP-Proxy

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip igmp-proxy enable Enables IGMP proxy.

{no ip igmp-proxy | ip igmp-proxy Resumes the default settings.

disable}

1.2.8 Setting Querier Port of OLT

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst querier {enable|disable} Sets the querier port of OLT to regularly transmit the query packets
outward automatically.

{no ip mcst querier| ip mcst Resumes the default settings of the querier port of OLT.
querier disable}

1.2.9 Setting the Querier Address of IGMP Proxy

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command

[no] ip mcst querier address [ip_addr]

The default source IP address of the query packet is 10.0.0.200.

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1.2.10 Setting the Query Counts and Period of the Special IGMP Proxy
Group

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

[no] ip igmp-proxy Sets the query counts and period of the special IGMP proxy group.
last-member-query {count value1|
interval value2}

The default query times of the query group is 2 and its default period is also 2.

1.2.11 Setting the Multicast-Incompatible Mode of OLT

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst compatible enable Enables the multicast-compatible function.

{no ip mcst compatible | ip mcst Resumes the default settings.

compatible disable}

Note:

After the multicast compatible function of OLT is enabled, OLT can take the LLID
port as the minimum unit and at the same time support IGMP snooping and
dynamic controllable multicast.

1.2.12 Switching over the IGMP Multicast Mode

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst mode {igmp-snooping | Switches over the multicast mode.

dynamic-controllable}

{no ip mcst mode | ip mcst Resumes the default settings.

igmp-snooping}

Note:

After the OLT multicast mode is switched over, the multicast modes of all ONUs
will be automatically switched over to the same mode. The users therefore are free
of the trouble of setting ONUs one by one.

1.2.13 Setting the Multicast Preview Time

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

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Ip preview time {1-60} Sets the preview time of the multicast preview channel (the default
time is 5 seconds).

1.2.14 Monitoring and Maintaining the IGMP Multicast

Run the following commands in EXEC mode:

Command Purpose

show ip mcst Displays the information about IGMP-snooping

configuration.

show ip mcst timer Displays the information about the IGMP-snooping

clock.

show ip mcst groups Displays the information about the multicast group
of IGMP-snooping.

show ip mcst statistics Displays the information about IGMP-snooping

statistics.

[ no ] debug ip mcst [ packet | timer | event | Enables/disables the print switch of IGMP snooping
error ] packet/timer debug/event/error. If the specific debug
switch is not designated, all the debug switches will
be enabled or disabled.

show ip igmp-proxy Displays the information about IGMP proxy.

[ no ] debug ip igmp-proxy Enables or disables the IGMP-proxy debug switch.

The following shows the information about IGMP-snooping running:

OLT #show ip mcst

Global multicast configuration:

-----------------------------------
Globally enable : Enabled
Multicast mode : IGMP Snooping
Dlf-frames filtering : Enabled
Querier : Disabled
Querier address : 10.0.0.200
Router age : 260 s
Response time : 15 s

Router Port List:

-----------------
G0/2(querier);

OLT #

This command is used to display the information about the multicast group of
IGMP-snooping.

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OLT #show ip mcst groups

Vlan Group Type Port(s)

---- --------------- -------- -------------------------------------
2 225.1.1.1 LEARNING E0/3:1
OLT #

The following example shows the timers of IGMP snooping:

OLT#show ip mcst timers

Querier on port G0/2: 258

vlan 2 multicast address 0100.5e01.0101 response time : 13

OLT#
Querier on port G0/2: 251 means the timeout time of the ageing timer of the router.
vlan 2 multicast address 0100.5e01.0101 response time : This shows the time period from
receiving a multicast query packet to the present; if there is no host to respond when the timer
times out, the port will be canceled.

The IGMP snooping statistics information is displayed below:

OLT#show ip mcst statistics
v1_packets:0 Number of the IGMPv1 packets
v2_packets:6 Number of the IGMPv2 packets
v3_packets:0 Number of the IGMPv3 packets
general_query_packets:5 Number of the general query packets
special_query_packets:0 Number of the special query packets
join_packets:6 Number of the Report packets
leave_packets:0 Number of the Leave packets
err_packets:0 Number of the error packets

The information about IGMP snooping debug is shown below:

OLT#debug ip mcst packet
May 13 05:28:18 MCST: Receive IGMPv2 query from G0/2, diID=331, source ip addr=10.0.0.200,
group=0.0.0.0. Type, port, source IP and destination IP of the received packet
May 13 05:28:18 MCST: Flood packet from G0/2 to vlan 2 downstream.

The information about IGMP snooping debug timer is shown below:

OLT#debug ip mcst timer
OLT#May 13 05:35:22 [MCST] TIMER: Vlan 2 multicast group 225.1.1.1 response time restart,
initvalue = 15.
May 13 05:35:36 [MCST] timer: Vlan 2 multicast group 225.1.1.1 response time expiry.
May 13 05:35:36 [MCST] at port:
May 13 05:35:36 [MCST] E0/3:1

1.3 OLT MLD Multicast Configuration Tasks

 Enabling/Disabling MLD-Snooping

 Enabling/Disabling the Solicitation of Hardware Forward of Multicast Group

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 Adding/Removing the Correlation of Multicast VLAN and Multicast IP Group

 Adding/Canceling the Static Multicast Address of VLAN

 Setting the Router Age Timer of MLD Snooping

 Setting the Response Time MLD Snooping

 Setting the Port of the Static Multicast Router

 Monitoring and maintaining MLD Snooping

 Enabling/Disabling IGMP-Proxy

 Setting the Querier Address of MLD Proxying

 Setting the Query Counts and Period of the Special MLD Proxy Group

 Monitoring and maintaining MLD Proxying

1.3.1 Enabling/Disabling MLD Multicast

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mld-snooping enable Enables MLD snooping multicast.

{no ip mld-snooping | ip Resumes the default settings.

mld-snooping disable}

Note:

After MLD snooping is enabled, when DLF occurs on multicast packets (that is, the
destination address is not registered in the swap chip through the MLD-snooping),
all multicast packets whose destination addresses are not registered on any port
will be dropped.

1.3.2 Enabling/Disabling the Solicitation of Hardware Forward of Multicast

Group

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mld-snooping solicitation Enables the solicitation of hardware forward of

multicast group.

no ip mld-snooping solicitation Disables the solicitation of hardware forward

of multicast group.

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1.3.3 Adding/Removing the Correlation of Multicast VLAN and Multicast

IP Group

This command has two functions: one is that only the Report and Leave
packets whose destination IP addresses have been added to a multicast
VLAN can be received by MLD snooping; the other one is that the VLAN tag
which transforms the next multicast flow is the multicast VLAN tag. One
multicast VLAN can include multiple continuous or discontinuous multicast
IP addresses, while one multicast IP address can only belong to one
multicast VLAN.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mld-snooping mc-vlan vlan_id range X:X:X:X::X Adds the correlation of multicast VLAN and
&<1-n> multicast IP address.

no ip mld-snooping mc-vlan vlan_id [range Deletes the correlation of multicast VLAN

X:X:X:X::X &<1-n>] and multicast IP address.

1.3.4 Adding/Canceling the Static Multicast Address of VLAN

The static multicast address can make some MLD-incompatible hosts receive the
corresponding multicast packets.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mld-snooping vlan vlan_id static X:X:X:X::X Adds the static multicast address of VLAN.
interface intf

no ip mld-snooping vlan vlan_id static X:X:X:X::X Removes the static multicast address of
interface intf VLAN.

Note:

1. To make the adding of the static multicast address successful, you have to set
X:X:X:X::X in the correlation of configured multicast VLAN and multicast IP
address.

2. On IEP3310/3314 OLT, you have to set the VLAN parameter in this command
to be the same as the VLAN tag of the downlink multicast data.

1.3.5 Setting the Router Age Timer of MLD Snooping

The router age timer is used to monitor whether the MLD querier exists or not; the
MLD querier maintenance is used to maintain and manage the multicast address
by sending the query packets and MLD snooping works by independence on the
communication between MLD querier and host.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

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Command Purpose

ip mld-snooping timer router-age timer_value Sets the value of the router age of MLD
Snooping.

no ip mld-snooping timer router-age Resumes the default value of the router age
of MLD Snooping.

Note:

The settings of the timer requires to refer to the query period settings of the MLD
querier for it cannot be smaller than the query period; you are recommended to set
the router age timer to the triple of the query period.

By default the router age timer is set to be 260 seconds of MLD snooping.

1.3.6 Setting the Response Timer of MLD Snooping

The response time timer means the threshold time for the host to report the
multicast after MLD querier sends the query packets; if this report packet is not
received after the timer ages, the switch will delete this multicast address.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mld-snooping timer response-time timer_value Sets the value of the response time of MLD
Snooping.

no ip mld-snooping timer response-time Resumes the default value of the response

time of MLD Snooping.

Note:

The value of the timer cannot be set too small, or the multicast communication
may be unstable.

By default the response time is set to be 15 seconds of MLD snooping.

1.3.7 Setting the Port of the Static Multicast Router

After a port is set to be a static multicast port, all the MLD report packets and leave
packets, received by OLT, will be transmitted to this port.

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mld-snooping mrouter interface inft_name Sets the port of the static multicast router of
MLD snooping.

no ip mld-snooping mrouter interface inft_name Deletes the port of the static multicast router of
MLD snooping.

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1.3.8 Enabling/Disabling MLD-Proxy

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mld-proxying enable Enables MLD proxying.

no ip mld-proxying enable Resumes the default settings.

1.3.9 Setting the Querier Address of MLD Proxying

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

[no] ip mld-proxying querier Sets the querier address of MLD proxying to be the source IP
address [ip_addr] address of the query packet.

The default source IP address of the query packet is 10.0.0.200.

1.3.10 Setting the Query Counts and Period of the Special MLD Proxy
Group

Run the following commands in global configuration mode.

Command Purpose

[no] ip mld-proxying Sets the query counts and period of the special MLD proxy group.
last-member-query {count value1|
interval value2}

The default query times of the query group is 2 and its default period is also 2.

1.3.11 Monitoring and Maintaining the MLD Multicast

Run the following commands in EXEC mode:

Command Purpose

show ip mld-snooping Displays the information about MLD-snooping

configuration.

show ip mld-snooping timer Displays the information about the MLD-snooping

clock.

show ip mld-snooping groups Displays the information about the multicast group
of MLD-snooping.

show ip mld-snooping statistics Displays the MLD snooping statistics information.

show ip mld-proxying Displays the information about MLD proxy.

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The following shows the information about MLD-snooping running:

OLT#show ip mld-snooping

Global multicast configuration:

-----------------------------------
Globally enable : Disabled
Multicast mode : MLD Snooping
Dlf-frames filtering : Disabled
Router age : 260 s
Response time : 10 s
Handle Solicitation : Disabled

Router Port PVID VLANMAP=

Router Port List:

-----------------

None

OLT#

The information about the multicast group of MLD-snooping is shown below:

OLT#show ip mld-snooping groups

Total Group Counts: 0

Vlan Group Type Port(s)

---- --------------- -------- -------------------------------------
2 ff12::5 LEARNING E0/3:1

The following example shows the timer of MLD snooping:

OLT#show ip mcst timers

Querier on port G0/2: 258

vlan 2 multicast address 3333.0000.0005 response time : 13

OLT#
Querier on port G0/2: 251 means the timeout time of the ageing timer of the router.
vlan 2 multicast address 3333.0000.0005 response time : This shows the time period from
receiving a multicast query packet to the present; if there is no host to respond when the timer
times out, the port will be canceled.

The MLD snooping statistics information is displayed below:

OLT#show ip mld-snooping statistics
v1_packets:0 Number of the MLDv1 packets
v2_packets:6 Number of the MLDv2 packets
v3_packets:0 Number of the MLDv3 packets
general_query_packets:5 Number of the general query packets

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special_query_packets:0 Number of the special query packets

listener_packets:6 Number of the Report packets
leave_packets:0 Number of the Leave packets
err_packets:0 Number of the error packets

The information about MLD proxying is shown below:

OLT #show ip mld-proxying
Global MLD Proxying configuration
-------------------------------
Status : Disable
Last member query interval: 1
Last member query count :2
Querier address : FE80::3FF:FEFE:FD00:1

OLT#

1.4 Remote Configuration Commands for ONU Multicast

OLT can set the multicast of ONU remotely.The detailed configuration content is
shown below:

 Enabling/Disabling IGMP-Snooping

 Setting the Fast-Leave of IGMP Snooping

 Setting the Query Counts and Period of the Special IGMP Proxy Group

 Monitoring and Maintaining IGMP-Snooping

 Setting the Example of IGMP Proxy

China Telecom stipulates that the OLT can set the multicast of ONU through the
CTC OAM channel.

1.4.1 Enabling/Disabling IGMP Snooping

Run the following commands in LLID interface configuration mode.

Command Purpose

epon onu mcst enable Enables IGMP snooping.

{no epon onu mcst | epon onu mcst Resumes the default settings.
disable}

Note:

1. After IGMP snooping is enabled, when DLF occurs on multicast packets (that
is, the destination address is not registered in the swap chip through the
igmp-snooping), all multicast packets whose destination addresses are not
registered on any port will be dropped. ONU only supports IGMP snooping V1
and IGMP snooping V2.

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2. Because this command is not defined by China Telecom, it only takes effect
on ONU.

1.4.2 Setting the Multicast Mode of ONU

ONU has two kinds of multicast modes: IGMP snooping and controllable multicast
defined by China Telecom.The multicast mode of ONU must kept same with that of
OLT.

Run the following commands in LLID interface configuration mode.

Command Purpose

epon onu ctc mcst switch { dynamic-controllable | Switches over the multicast mode of ONU.
igmp-snooping}

no epon onu ctc mcst switch Switches the multicast mode of ONU over to
the default mode.

The ONU multicast mode is IGMP snooping by default.

1.4.3 Setting Fast-Leave

The configuration of the fast-leave attribute makes the ONU delete the
corresponding port in the port list of the corresponding multicast group shortly after
ONU receives the leave packet, while the timer is not enabled any more for waiting
to see whether other hosts will be added to the multicast group; if other hosts of a
same port also belong to this multicast group and are reluctant to leave, the
multicast communication of these hosts may be affected and in this case the
fast-leave function should not be enabled.

Run the following commands in LLID interface configuration mode.

Command Purpose

epon onu ctc mcst fast-leave enable Enables fast-leave.

{no epon onu ctc mcst fast-leave | epon onu ctc Disables Fast-leave.
mcst fast-leave disable}

The fast-leave function of ONU is enabled by default.

1.4.4 Setting Tag-Stripe

The tag-stripe attribute is used to remove the VLAN tag of the next multicast
packet that ONU receives.

Run the following commands in LLID interface configuration mode.

Command Purpose

epon onu port port_id ctc mcst tag-stripe enable Enables the tag-stripe function of the UNI
port.

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{no epon onu port port_id ctc mcsttag-stripe | epon Disables the tag-stripe function of the UNI
onu port port_id ctc mcst tag-stripe disable} port.

The tag-stripe function of the ONU UNI port is disabled by default.

1.4.5 Setting the Permission of Multicast

If OLT is in dynamic controllable multicast mode or in multicast-compatible mode

and the LLID port supports the dynamic controllable multicast, you have to set the
permission of the multicast channel for related UNI ports.

Run the following commands in LLID interface configuration mode.

Command Purpose

ip mcst permission uni uni-index range Sets the permission of the multicast channel
A.B.C.D&<1-n> {permit | preview| forbidden} for the related UNI port.

no ip no ip mcst permission uni uni-index range Disables the preview permission of the UNI
A.B.C.D&<1-n> port.

1.4.6 Setting Max-Group-Number

The max-group-number attribute can enable the UNI port of ONU to limit the
number of the to-be-forwarded multicast groups.

Run the following commands in LLID interface configuration mode.

Command Purpose

epon onu port port_id ctc mcst max-group-number Sets the value of max-group-number of a
value UNI port.

no epon onu port port_id ctc mcst Resumes the default value of
max-group-number max-group-number of a UNI port.

The default value of max-group-number of the ONU UNI port is 128.

1.4.7 Setting the Correlation of UNI port and Multicast VLAN

To configure the correlation of the UNI port and the multicast VLAN so that ONU
can remove the VLAN tag of the downlink multicast packets, run the command
above.

Run the following commands in LLID interface configuration mode.

Command Purpose

epon onu port port_id ctc mcst mc-vlan {add Sets the correlation of UNI port and
vlanmap| delete vlanmap|clear} multicast VLAN.

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1.5 Forced Multicast Forwarding

To set a forced-forward port to be in forced mode, you need not conduct other
settings if you connect the optical fiber as shown in the following figure.

1.6 EPON Multicast Configuration Examples

1.6.1 IGMP-Snooping Configuration Example

ONU is connected to the EPON0/3 port of IEP3310/3314.And then the G0/2 port of
IEP3310/3314 is connected with the multicast router.

The network topology is shown in figure 1.

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Figure 1 IGMP-Snooping configuration

(1) Enable the multicast function of IEP3310/3314:

OLT_config#ip mcst enable
(2) Set the correlation of multicast VLAN 2 and multicast group 225.1.1.1:
OLT_config#ip mcst mc-vlan 2 range 225.1.1.1
(3) Set the G0/2 port, which connects IEP3310/3314 and the multicast router, to
belong to the multicast VLAN 2:
OLT_config_g0/2#switchport mode trunk
OLT_config_g0/2#switchport trunk vlan-allowed 1-2
(4) Set the UNI port of ONU to forward the multicast packets of multicast VLAN
2:
OLT_config_e0/3:1#epon onu port 1 ctc mcst mc-vlan add 2

1.6.2 IGMP-Proxy Configuration Example

ONU is connected to the EPON0/3 port of IEP3310/3314.And then the G0/2 port of
IEP3310/3314 is connected with the multicast router.

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The network topology is shown in figure 2.

Figure 2 IGMP-Proxy configuration

(1) Enable the multicast function of IEP3310/3314:

OLT_config#ip mcst enable
(2) Enable the IGMP proxy of IEP3310/3314:
OLT_config#ip proxy enable
(3) Set the correlation of multicast VLAN 2 and multicast group 225.1.1.1:
OLT_config#ip mcst mc-vlan 2 range 225.1.1.1
(4) Set the G0/2 port, which connects IEP3310/3314 and the multicast router, to
belong to the multicast VLAN 2:
OLT_config_g0/2#switchport mode trunk
OLT_config_g0/2#switchport trunk vlan-allowed 1-2
(5) Set the UNI port of ONU to forward the multicast packets of multicast VLAN
2:
OLT_config_e0/3:1#epon onu port 1 ctc mcst mc-vlan add 2

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1.6.3 Controllable IGMP Multicast Configuration Example

ONU is connected to the EPON0/3 port of IEP3310/3314.And then the G0/2 port of
IEP3310/3314 is connected with the multicast router.

The network topology is shown in figure 3.

Figure 3 IGMP-Proxy configuration

(1) Enable the multicast function of IEP3310/3314:

OLT_config#ip mcst enable
(2) Set the multicast mode of IEP3310/3314 to be controllable multicast:
OLT_config#ip mcst mode dynamic-controllable
(3) Set the correlation of multicast VLAN 2 and multicast group 225.1.1.1:
OLT_config#ip mcst mc-vlan 2 range 225.1.1.1
(4) Set the G0/2 port, which connects IEP3310/3314 and the multicast router, to
belong to the multicast VLAN 2:
OLT_config_g0/2#switchport mode trunk

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OLT_config_g0/2#switchport trunk vlan-allowed 1-2

(5) Set UNI port 1 of ONU to forward the multicast packets of multicast
225.1.1.1:
OLT_config#ip mcst permission interface E0/1:2 uni 1 range 225.1.1.1 permit

1.6.4 Example of MLD-Snooping Configuration Example

ONU is connected to the EPON0/3 port of IEP3310/3314.And then the G0/2 port of
IEP3310/3314 is connected with the multicast router.

The network topology is shown in figure 4.

Figure 4 IGMP-Snooping configuration

(6) Enable the multicast function of IEP3310/3314:

OLT_config#ip mld-snooping enable
(7) Set the correlation of multicast VLAN 2 and multicast group ff12::5:
OLT_config#ip mld-snooping mc-vlan 2 range ff12::5
(8) Set the G0/2 port, which connects IEP3310/3314 and the multicast router, to
belong to the multicast VLAN 2:

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OLT_config_g0/2#switchport mode trunk

OLT_config_g0/2#switchport trunk vlan-allowed 1-2
(9) Set the UNI port of ONU to forward the multicast packets of multicast VLAN
2:
OLT_config_e0/3:1#epon onu port 1 ctc mcst mc-vlan add 2

1.6.5 MLD-Proxy Configuration Example

ONU is connected to the EPON0/3 port of IEP3310/3314.And then the G0/2 port of
IEP3310/3314 is connected with the multicast router.

The network topology is shown in figure 5.

Figure 5 IGMP-Proxy configuration

(10) Enable the multicast function of IEP3310/3314:

OLT_config#ip mld-snooping enable
(11) Enable the MLD proxy of IEP3310/3314:
OLT_config#ip mld-proxying enable

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(12) Set the correlation of multicast VLAN 2 and multicast group ff12::5:
OLT_config#ip mld-snooping mc-vlan 2 range ff12::5
(13) Set the G0/2 port, which connects IEP3310/3314 and the multicast router, to
belong to the multicast VLAN 2:
OLT_config_g0/2#switchport mode trunk
OLT_config_g0/2#switchport trunk vlan-allowed 1-2
(14) Set the UNI port of ONU to forward the multicast packets of multicast VLAN
2:
OLT_config_e0/3:1#epon onu port 1 ctc mcst mc-vlan add 2

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