Configuring Multicast Interoperation With N7K-F132-15 Modules; Information About Multicast Interoperation; Multicast Interoperation With N7K-F132-15 And M-Series Modules - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring Multicast Interoperation with
N7K-F132-15 Modules
This appendix describes how multicasting interoperates in a chassis that contains both M Series and
N7K-F132-15 modules.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Information About Multicast Interoperation

Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1, you can add an N7K-F132-15 module, which is a Layer 2-only
module, into the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis. You can add this module to a chassis that already contains
M-Series modules to provide multicasting in a chassis that contains both N7K-F132-15 and M-Series modules.
Multicast Interoperation with N7K-F132-15 and M-Series
Modules
Note
You must install an M-Series module in the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series chassis to run Layer 3 routing and
multicasting with the N7K-F132-15 module because you must have interfaces from both the M-Series and
the N7K-F132-15 modules in the same virtual device context (VDC). See the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Virtual
Device Context Configuration Guide for more information on VDCs.
Layer 3 routing and multicasting come up automatically when you have an M-Series module installed in the
chassis with the N7K-F132-15 module. You can position a chassis with both N7K-F132-15 and M-Series
modules at the boundary between the Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks.
Information About Multicast Interoperation, on page 189
Multicast Interoperation with N7K-F132-15 and M-Series Modules, on page 189
Licensing Requirements for Multicast Interoperation, on page 190
Prerequisites for Multicast Interoperation, on page 191
Guidelines and Limitations, on page 191
Configuring Layer 3 Multicast Using a Mixed Chassis, on page 191
Verifying the Multicast Configuration, on page 193
Feature History for Multicast Interoperation, on page 193
C H A P T E R
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide
11
189