MLD snooping is an IPv6 version of IGMP snooping. The guidelines and procedures are similar to IGMP snooping as previously described. However, MLD snooping uses MAC-based forwarding. See MAC-based IPv6 multicast forwarding for more information. Directly connected multicast sources are supported when MLD snooping is enabled.
MLD snooping is enabled at the service level and is not supported in the following services:
B-VPLS
Routed I-VPLS
EVPN-MPLS services
PBB-EVPN services
MLD snooping is not supported under the following forms of default SAP:
*
*.null
*.*
MLD snooping is not supported in a VPLS service configured with a connection profile VLAN SAP.