31.4 MLD snooping
The following explains MLD snooping functionality and its operation. The format and established values for MLD messages sent and received by the Switch conform to RFC 2710. Also, the format and set values for MLD version 2 (abbreviated hereafter to MLDv2) messages conform to RFC 3810.
If MLD snooping is not used at the same time as IPv6 multicast, the MAC address control method is used to control forwarding for multicast traffic. If MLD snooping is used at the same time as IPv6 multicast, the IP address control method is used to control forwarding for multicast traffic.