3com 5500-ei pwr Installation Instruction

 

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Configure the maximum 
number of packets that can be 
buffered per multicast 
forwarding entry 

multicast storing-packet 
packet-number 

Optional 

The system default is 100. 

 

The multicast packet buffering feature should be enabled before multicast routing is enabled.  

 

Follow these steps to enable multicast routing: 

Enter system view 

system-view — 

 

Enable multicast routing 

Required 

Disabled by default. 

 

To guard against attacks on any socket not in use, Switch 5500-EI series provide the following functions 

to achieve enhanced security: 

z 

The system opens the RAW Socket used for multicast routing only if multicast routing is enabled.  

z 

When you disable multicast routing, the RAW Socket used for multicast routing is also closed.  

 

IGMP, PIM and MSDP configurations can be performed or can take effect only if multicast routing has 

been enabled.  

 

Multicast routing entries specify the interfaces through which multicast packets are sent to multicast 

group members. Too many multicast routing entries can exhaust the router’s memory and thus result in 

lower router performance. Therefore, the number of multicast routing entries should be limited.  

Follow these steps to configure limit on the number of route entries: 

Enter system view 

system-view —