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IGMP and MLD Snooping

IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) and MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery) snooping are implemented in the bridge driver in the Cumulus Linux kernel and are enabled by default. IGMP snooping processes IGMP v1/v2/v3 reports received on a bridge port in a bridge to identify the hosts which would like to receive multicast traffic destined to that group.

IGMP and MLD snooping is supported over VXLAN bridges; however, this feature is not enabled by default. To enable IGMP and MLD over VXLAN, see Configure IGMP/MLD Snooping over VXLAN.

When an IGMPv2 leave message is received, a group specific query is sent to identify if there are any other hosts interested in that group, before the group is deleted.

An IGMP query message received on a port is used to identify the port that is connected to a router and is interested in receiving multicast traffic.

MLD snooping processes MLD v1/v2 reports, queries and v1 done messages for IPv6 groups. If IGMP or MLD snooping is disabled, multicast traffic gets flooded to all the bridge ports in the bridge. Similarly, in the absence of receivers in a VLAN, multicast traffic is flooded to all ports in the VLAN. The multicast group IP address is mapped to a multicast MAC address and a forwarding entry is created with a list of ports interested in receiving multicast traffic destined to that group.

Configure IGMP/MLD Snooping over VXLAN

Cumulus Linux supports IGMP/MLD snooping over VXLAN bridges, where VXLAN ports are set as router ports, on Broadcom switches.

To enable IGMP/MLD snooping over VXLAN:

cumulus@switch:~$ net add bridge mybridge mcsnoop yes
cumulus@switch:~$ net pending
cumulus@switch:~$ net commit
cumulus@switch:~$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
...
auto bridge.100
vlan bridge.100
  bridge-igmp-querier-src 123.1.1.1

auto bridge
iface bridge
  bridge-ports swp1 swp2 swp3
  bridge-vlan-aware yes
  bridge-vids 100 200
  bridge-pvid 1
  bridge-mcquerier 1
...

Run the ifreload -a command to reload the configuration:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo ifreload -a

Consider also configuring IGMP/MLD querier. See Configure IGMP/MLD Querier, below.

To disable IGMP/MLD snooping over VXLAN, run the net add bridge <bridge> mcsnoop no command.

Configure IGMP/MLD Querier

If no multicast router is sending queries to configure IGMP/MLD querier on the switch, you can add a configuration similar to the following in the /etc/network/interfaces file. To enable IGMP and MLD snooping for a bridge, set bridge-mcquerier to 1 in the bridge stanza. By default, the source IP address of IGMP queries is 0.0.0.0. To set the source IP address of the queries to be the bridge IP address, configure bridge-mcqifaddr 1.

For an explanation of the relevant parameters, see the ifupdown-addons-interfaces man page.

For a VLAN-aware bridge, use a configuration like the following:

...
auto bridge.100
vlan bridge.100
  bridge-igmp-querier-src 123.1.1.1

auto bridge
iface bridge
  bridge-ports swp1 swp2 swp3
  bridge-vlan-aware yes
  bridge-vids 100 200
  bridge-pvid 1
  bridge-mcquerier 1
...

For a VLAN-aware bridge, like bridge in the above example, to enable querier functionality for VLAN 100 in the bridge, set bridge-mcquerier to 1 in the bridge stanza and set bridge-igmp-querier-src to 123.1.1.1 in the bridge.100 stanza.

You can specify a range of VLANs as well. For example:

...
auto bridge.[1-200]
vlan bridge.[1-200]
  bridge-igmp-querier-src 123.1.1.1
...

For a bridge in traditional mode, use a configuration like the following:

...
auto br0
iface br0
  address 192.0.2.10/24
  bridge-ports swp1 swp2 swp3
  bridge-vlan-aware no
  bridge-mcquerier 1
  bridge-mcqifaddr 1
...

Disable IGMP and MLD Snooping

To disable IGMP and MLD snooping, set the bridge-mcsnoop value to 0.

cumulus@switch:~$ net add bridge bridge mcsnoop no
cumulus@switch:~$ net pending
cumulus@switch:~$ net commit

Edit the /etc/network/interfaces file and set bridge-mcsnoop to 0 in the bridge stanza:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
...
auto bridge
iface bridge
  bridge-mcquerier 1
  bridge-mcsnoop 0
  bridge-ports swp1 swp2 swp3
  bridge-pvid 1
  bridge-vids 100 200
  bridge-vlan-aware yes
...

Run the ifreload -a command to reload the configuration:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo ifreload -a

Troubleshooting

To show the IGMP/MLD snooping bridge state, run the brctl showstp <bridge> command:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo brctl showstp bridge
  bridge
  bridge id              8000.7072cf8c272c
  designated root        8000.7072cf8c272c
  root port                 0                    path cost                  0
  max age                  20.00                 bridge max age            20.00
  hello time                2.00                 bridge hello time          2.00
  forward delay            15.00                 bridge forward delay      15.00
  ageing time             300.00
  hello timer               0.00                 tcn timer                  0.00
  topology change timer     0.00                 gc timer                 263.70
  hash elasticity        4096                    hash max                4096
  mc last member count      2                    mc init query count        2
  mc router                 1                    mc snooping                1
  mc last member timer      1.00                 mc membership timer      260.00
  mc querier timer        255.00                 mc query interval        125.00
  mc response interval     10.00                 mc init query interval    31.25
  mc querier                0                    mc query ifaddr            0
  flags

swp1 (1)
  port id                8001                    state                forwarding
  designated root        8000.7072cf8c272c       path cost                  2
  designated bridge      8000.7072cf8c272c       message age timer          0.00
  designated port        8001                    forward delay timer        0.00
  designated cost           0                    hold timer                 0.00
  mc router                 1                    mc fast leave              0
  flags

swp2 (2)
  port id                8002                    state                forwarding
  designated root        8000.7072cf8c272c       path cost                  2
  designated bridge      8000.7072cf8c272c       message age timer          0.00
  designated port        8002                    forward delay timer        0.00
  designated cost           0                    hold timer                 0.00
  mc router                 1                    mc fast leave              0
  flags

swp3 (3)
  port id                8003                    state                forwarding
  designated root        8000.7072cf8c272c       path cost                  2
  designated bridge      8000.7072cf8c272c       message age timer          0.00
  designated port        8003                    forward delay timer        8.98
  designated cost           0                    hold timer                 0.00
  mc router                 1                    mc fast leave              0
  flags

To show the groups and bridge port state, run the NCLU net show bridge mdb command or the Linux bridge mdb show command. To show detailed router ports and group information, run the bridge -d -s mdb show command:

cumulus@switch:~$ sudo bridge -d -s mdb show
  dev bridge port swp2 grp 234.10.10.10 temp 241.67
  dev bridge port swp1 grp 238.39.20.86 permanent 0.00
  dev bridge port swp1 grp 234.1.1.1 temp 235.43
  dev bridge port swp2 grp ff1a::9 permanent 0.00
  router ports on bridge: swp3

DIP-based Multicast Forwarding on Mellanox Spectrum Switches

Mellanox Spectrum Switches do not support DIP-based multicast forwarding. Do not configure the 224.0.0.x through 239.0.0.x and 224.128.0.x through 239.128.0.x IP ranges as multicast groups, which map to link-local MAC addresses (01:00:5e:00:00:xx).