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  • 1.  igmp snooping

    Posted Oct 27, 2007 12:12 PM
    Hello,
    i'm new on this forum. I'm using  symantec ghost solution suite 1.1
    and sorry for my poor english
    I've got a problem about the configuration of igmp snooping on my switches.
    My network is router less then i think i've not to configure igmp querier, then do i have to configure
    igmp snooping on each switch and each vlan ?
    I notice that when igmp snooping is enable on all my switch the gostcastserver session begin but after nothing.
    If i disable igmp snooping, sure i make broadcast but everything seems works fine.

    What is the best way to configure igmp snooping
    here is a simple schema of the configuration of my networks : http://dl.free.fr/e6H8NZtv7/igmp.jpg


    My second question :
    since i change parameters of the network card of my ghost server, a lot of clients are not seen by the console.
    I try a lot of thing to make it work (pubkey, reinstall console, reinstall client, nothing seems to work.
    What is the solution of this problem ?
    thank you by advance for your answers



  • 2.  RE: igmp snooping

    Posted Oct 27, 2007 06:16 PM

    My network is router less then i think i've not to configure igmp querier,

    You must have an IGMP querier. If you do not have a router, most switches can be configured to do this instead.

    However, your environment is a little unusual because of the presence of the gigabit trunk between the core switches. Also, when you have VLANs, you do have routing! In your case because you do not have an external router, you have configured the switches to do the routing.

    In the diagram you have the core switches labeled 4500G - this is the 3Com 4500G?

    I don't know how to configure the 4500G for multicast routing, but it does have a special feature called "Multicast VLAN" feature to join the individual VLANs back into a single LAN for multicast purposes.

    This is discussed in the 4500G Configuration Guide, chapter 31.

    Because your environment is routed, but you have used the switches to do this, and because you have multiple VLANs and multiple switches, it may be best if you discuss this with a 3Com support engineer.


    then do i have to configure igmp snooping on each switch and each vlan ?

    Yes, that is normally what you have to do in switches that support VLANs, although some vendors have special combinations of arrangements.

    With the 4500G specifically, the multicast VLAN option of the switch is set up differently to other switches. It's a good concept, but it's specific to 3Com and because your environment is unusual you should discuss this with 3Com support to see if it can be used in your environment.

    For a normal network with a separate router, you configure snooping both by enabling it globally and then per-VLAN, as described in the 4500G Configuration Guide, chapter 30, page 329, table 227
    system-view
    igmp-snooping
    quit
    vlan vlan-id
    igmp-snooping enable



    since i change parameters of the network card of my ghost server, a lot of clients are not seen by the console.

    The clients use multicast to try and locate your Ghost server. If you have multicast working properly, then nothing else is required.

    If your clients are on separate networks (including VLANs) from the console, then you need to have correctly configured multicast routing (or use something like the 3Com 4500G's "multicast VLAN" to join the separate VLANs back together for multicast).


  • 3.  RE: igmp snooping

    Posted Nov 07, 2007 04:17 AM
    first thank you for your answer

    Yes it is the 3com switch 4500G
    the trunk between the core switch transport all the vlans
    there is now routing on those switches


    Then I try now this solution :
    disable on all 4500G the igmp snooping
    enable igmp snooping on all 4250 (3com switch)
    enable on one 4250 igmp querier
    then i can see now all the client in the console, but when i launch a task on some client, the servercast start but not clone
    the task fail with this error :

    Date   : Wed Nov  7 10:05:10 2007
    Error Number: (502)
    Message: Connexion r‚initialis‚e par le serveur avec GhostCode 19922
    Version: 8.3.0.1331 (Dec 19 2005, Build=1331)
    OS Version: DOS v7.10
    Command line arguments: -clone,dst=1,mode=restore,src=@MCGHOSTpush1 -batch -sgb -sgt -replace:GVPCFG.BIN=\GHREGUPD.REG