3com 5500-ei pwr Installation Instruction

 

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Configure the maximum 
number of multicast route 
entries 

multicast route-limit limit 

Optional 

By default, the maximum 
number of multicast route 
entries is 256 

 

Some users may deploy unauthorized multicast servers on the network. This affects the use of network 

bandwidth and transmission of multicast data of authorized users by taking network resources. You can 

configure multicast source port suppression on certain ports to prevent unauthorized multicast servers 

attached to these ports from sending multicast traffic to the network.  

Follow these steps to configure multicast source port suppression in system view: 

Enter system view 

system-view — 

Configure multicast source port 
suppression 

multicast-source-deny 
[ interface interface-list ] 

Optional 

Multicast source port 
suppression is disabled by 
default. 

 

Follow these steps to configure multicast source port suppression in Ethernet port view: 

Enter system view 

system-view — 

Enter Ethernet port view 

interface interface-type 
interface-number 

— 

Configure multicast source port 
suppression 

multicast-source-deny 

Optional 

Multicast source port 
suppression is disabled by 
default. 

 

To release system memory, you can use reset commands to clear multicast routing entries, multicast 

forwarding entries, and related statistics information stored in the device.  

Follow these steps to clear the multicast-related entries and statistics: