Configuring Multicast Listener Discovery

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 on an E Series router; it contains the following sections:

• Overview
• Platform Considerations
• References
• Before You Begin
• Configuring Static and Dynamic MLD Interfaces
• Enabling MLD on an Interface
• Configuring MLD Settings for an Interface
• Specifying Multicast Groups
• Assigning a Multicast Group to an Interface
• Configuring Group Outgoing Interface Mapping
• Configuring SSM Mapping
• Limiting the Number of Accepted MLD Groups
• Including and Excluding Traffic
• Configuring Explicit Host Tracking
• Disabling and Removing MLD
• Monitoring MLD
• MLD Proxy Overview
• Configuring MLD Proxy
• Setting the MLD Proxy Baseline
• Monitoring MLD Proxy