400-007 · Question #22
Which two features control multicast traffic in a VLAN environment? (Choose two)
The correct answer is A. IGMP snooping B. MLD snooping. IGMP snooping (IPv4) and MLD snooping (IPv6) are the two Layer 2 mechanisms that selectively forward multicast traffic only to ports that have interested listeners, preventing flooding within a VLAN.
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Which two features control multicast traffic in a VLAN environment? (Choose two)
Options
- AIGMP snooping
- BMLD snooping
- CRGMP
- DPIM snooping
- Epruning
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IGMP snooping (IPv4) and MLD snooping (IPv6) are the two Layer 2 mechanisms that selectively forward multicast traffic only to ports that have interested listeners, preventing flooding within a VLAN.
IGMP snooping listens to IGMPv1/v2/v3 membership reports on a switch to build a multicast group membership table, forwarding IPv4 multicast frames only to ports with active receivers rather than flooding the entire VLAN.
MLD snooping performs the same function as IGMP snooping but for IPv6 multicast traffic by inspecting MLD messages, ensuring IPv6 multicast frames are forwarded only to interested ports within the VLAN.
RGMP (Router-port Group Management Protocol) is used between multicast routers and switches to restrict multicast traffic on router-to-router links, not to control multicast within a VLAN at the host level.
PIM snooping is a Layer 3 protocol mechanism used to optimize multicast routing between PIM routers and is not a standard VLAN-level multicast control feature like IGMP/MLD snooping.
VTP pruning restricts unnecessary VLAN broadcast traffic across trunk links, but it does not specifically control or filter multicast group membership within a VLAN.
Concept tested: Layer 2 multicast control with IGMP and MLD snooping
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst9300/software/release/17-9/configuration_guide/ip_mcast_rtng/b_179_ip_mcast_rtng_9300_cg/configuring_igmp_snooping.html
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