Configuring MLD Options on Interfaces
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) has options that are configured on interfaces.
The following MLD parameters can be configured at the interface level:
- Version: The default MLD version when IPv6 PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) is enabled is MLDv1. You must configure MLDv2 on an interface to enable MLDv2.
- Port version: The MLD version can be set on a virtual Ethernet interface.
- MLD tracking: When MLD tracking is enabled, a Layer 3 device tracks all clients that send membership reports. When a Leave message is received from the last client, the device immediately stops forwarding to the physical port (without waiting 3 seconds to confirm that no other clients still want the traffic).
The following task steps can be configured in any order and are all optional. The steps show how to configure these options for a various interfaces.
- Enter global configuration mode.
- Enable IPv6 PIM SM globally.
- Exit to global configuration mode to configure MLD on an interface.
- Configure virtual Ethernet interface 10
- Enable MLDv2 on the virtual
interface using one of the two following methods:
- Set the MLD version on an
interface.
device(config-vif-10)# ipv6 mld version 2
- Set the MLD port version on
an interface.
device(config-vif-10)# ipv6 mld port-version 2
In both these examples, MLDv2 is enabled. MLDv1 is enabled by default when IPv6 PIM SM is configured. - Set the MLD version on an
interface.
- Enable MLD tracking on the virtual interface.
The following example configures IPv6 PIM SM, enables MLDv2 for virtual Ethernet interface 10, and enables MLD tracking on the interface.
device# configure terminal device(config)# ipv6 router pim device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# exit device(config)# interface ve 10 device(config-vif-10)# ipv6 mld version 2 device(config-vif-10)# ipv6 mld tracking