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Operation Manual – Multicast

H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches

In this manual, the term "router" refers to a router in the generic sense or a Layer 3

Ethernet switch running an IP multicast protocol.

2.1 Common Multicast Configuration

Table 2-1 Complete the following tasks to perform common multicast configurations:

Enabling Multicast Routing

Configuring Limit on the Number of Route Entries

Configuring Suppression on the Multicast Source Port

Clearing Multicast Forwarding and Routing Entries

Configuring a Multicast MAC Address Entry

Configuring Dropping Unknown Multicast Packets

Tracing a Multicast Path

2.1.1 Enabling Multicast Packet Buffering

With the multicast packet buffering feature enabled, multicast packets delivered to the

CPU are buffered while the corresponding multicast forwarding entries are being

created and then forwarded out according to the multicast forwarding entries after entry

This mechanism buffers multicast packets at the price of impact to the CPU and extra

memory usage.

Chapter 2 Common Multicast Configuration

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