Configuring MLD and MLD Proxy

Hosts use Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) protocol in IPv6 to report their multicast group memberships to neighboring routers. Similarly, multicast routers, such as the E Series router, use MLD to discover which of their hosts belong to multicast groups.

This chapter describes how to configure MLD and MLD proxy on an E Series router; it contains the following sections:

• MLD Overview
• MLD Platform Considerations
• MLD References
• Static and Dynamic MLD Interfaces
• Enabling MLD on an Interface
• Configuring MLD Settings on an Interface
• Configuring Multicast Groups for MLD
• MLD SSM Mapping Overview
• Overview of Limiting the Number of Accepted MLD Groups
• MLD Traffic Overview
• MLD Explicit Host Tracking Overview
• Configuring MLD Attributes
• MLD Proxy Overview
• Configuring MLD Proxy
• Establishing the MLD Proxy Baseline