Ip Multicast Routing; Load Sharing - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

• OSPF version 2
• BGP version 4
NOTE
For more information on IP unicast routing, see Chapter 12. For more information on RIP, see
Chapter 20.

IP Multicast Routing

The switch can use IP multicasting to allow a single IP host to transmit a packet to a group of IP hosts.
ExtremeWare XOS supports multicast routes that are learned by the Protocol Independent Multicast
(dense mode or sparse mode).
NOTE
For more information on IP multicast routing, see Chapter 15.

Load Sharing

Load sharing allows you to increase bandwidth and resiliency by using a group of ports to carry traffic
in parallel between systems. The load sharing algorithm allows the switch to use multiple ports as a
single logical port. For example, VLANs see the load-sharing group as a single virtual port. The
algorithm also guarantees packet sequencing between clients.
NOTE
For information on load sharing, see Chapter 4.
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