| Description | This article describes the step-by-step configuration process to segregate IPTV service through all access Switches. |
| Scope | FortiSwitch v7.x.x and above. |
| Solution |
Television delivery service can broadcast simultaneously in a Multicast format. The available program signals flow downstream, and viewers select programs by changing the TV channel.
IPTV primarily uses IP multicasting with Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) for IPv4-based, and the result live television broadcasts are reflected under each TV or Laptop using any IPTV app.
In this example, it is used this topology using MCLAG, the IPTV server is connected to one FortiSwitch access with IP static 192.168.10.254/24, and all TVs and PCs need to segregate the service having an availability to the final user to select any desired channel.
Points to consider:
Switch7 configuration process, this switch receives the IPTV server connection:
config switch vlan edit 10
Switch1 to Switch6 configuration, do not use igmp-snooping-querier-addr:
Disable in all Switch unknown multicast, it means from Switch1 to Switch7 :
config switch global (global) # set flood-unknown-multicast disable (global) # end
It is possible to see all trunks with this command:
show switch trunk
Configure on each Switch the static isl:
config switch trunk end
Finally, it is possible to watch any channel on TV or any other APP on the Laptop, this is the final result: If having some issues, it is possible to troubleshoot the Multicast flow with the following commands:
get switch igmp-snooping group |
