Support for Multicast Multi-VRF

PIM sparse mode (PIM-SM) and PIM dense mode (PIM-DM) are supported by the Multicast Multi-VRF feature on RUCKUS devices.

Note: Multicast Multi-VRF is not supported for ICX 7150 devices.

The procedure for configuring PIM within a VRF instance is described in the following sections:

Changes to system-max Commands

Several changes have been made to the system-max commands in support of Multicast Multi-VRF. The system-max pim-mcache command has been deprecated and replaced by the system-max pim-hw-mcache command.

The following new runtime commands have been introduced:

  • max-mcache: The maximum number of PIM(S,G) (S- Source G-Groups) that can be created in the mcache table from PIM traffic or PIM(S,G) join received from the neighbor. For each new entry, the source of the PIM(S,G) should be a unique entry..
  • ip igmp max-group-address: Configures the maximum number of IGMP addresses for the default virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance or for a specified VRF. The ip igmp max-group-address command replaces the system-max igmp-max-group-address command.
Note: For ICX 7850 and ICX 7550 devices, values are used from the forwarding profile. Refer to the forwarding-profile command in the RUCKUS FastIron Command Reference and the Configuration Fundamentals chapter in the RUCKUS FastIron Management Configuration Guide for more information.

Support for show and clear Commands

The following show and clear commands have been updated to support the Multicast Multi-VRF feature:

  • clear ip igmp [ vrf vrf-name ]cache
  • clear ip igmp [ vrf vrf-name ]traffic
  • show ip igmp [ vrf vrf-name ]group
  • show ip igmp [ vrf vrf-name ]interface
  • show ip igmp [ vrf vrf-name ]settings
  • show ip igmp [ vrf vrf-name ]traffic

For full syntax details for these commands, refer to the RUCKUS FastIron Command Reference.

Parent topic: IPv4 Multicast Protocols