352-001 · Question #432
When designing a network that consists of multiple IPv6 multicast servers on a Layer 2 VLAN, which option should you consider regarding IPv6 multicast traffic forwarding?
The correct answer is D. IPv6 multicast flooding optimization requires Layer 2 switches support of MLD snooping.. On a Layer 2 VLAN with IPv6 multicast servers, MLD snooping must be supported by switches to prevent multicast traffic from flooding all ports and to forward it only to interested listeners.
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When designing a network that consists of multiple IPv6 multicast servers on a Layer 2 VLAN, which option should you consider regarding IPv6 multicast traffic forwarding?
Options
- AThe RP IP address is embedded in IPv6 multicast address.
- BIPv6 multicast addresses are assigned based on network prefix.
- CIPv6 multicast addresses are assigned by IANA.
- DIPv6 multicast flooding optimization requires Layer 2 switches support of MLD snooping.
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(36 responses)- A3% (1)
- B6% (2)
- C14% (5)
- D78% (28)
Why each option
On a Layer 2 VLAN with IPv6 multicast servers, MLD snooping must be supported by switches to prevent multicast traffic from flooding all ports and to forward it only to interested listeners.
Embedded RP is a specific PIM-SM feature that encodes the Rendezvous Point address into the group address, which applies to Layer 3 routing design and is not relevant to Layer 2 multicast flood optimization.
IPv6 multicast addresses use the fixed prefix ff00::/8 defined by IANA and are not derived from or assigned based on the local network prefix.
While IANA does manage portions of the IPv6 multicast address space for well-known groups, this is a general addressing fact and has no bearing on how Layer 2 switches should handle multicast forwarding optimization.
MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery) snooping is the IPv6 equivalent of IGMP snooping for IPv4. Without MLD snooping, a Layer 2 switch treats all IPv6 multicast frames as broadcasts and floods them out every port in the VLAN, wasting bandwidth. With MLD snooping enabled, the switch tracks which ports have active MLD listeners and forwards multicast traffic only to those ports.
Concept tested: MLD snooping for IPv6 multicast Layer 2 optimization
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipmulti_lsm/configuration/xe-16-12/imc-lsm-xe-16-12-book/ipv6-mld-snooping.html
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