Setting the hardware resource multicast mode

Hardware resource multicast has the following modes:

Normal—The switching fabric modules replicate multicast and broadcast traffic to all LPUs. This mode consumes a large amount of bandwidth.
Enhance—The switching fabric modules replicate multicast traffic only to LPUs that join the associated multicast groups.

For this feature to take effect, you must save the configuration and reboot the switch.

To set the hardware resource multicast mode:

Step	Command	Remarks
1. Enter system view.	system-view	N/A
2. Set the hardware resource multicast mode.	hardware-resource mcast { normal \| enhance }	By default, the hardware resource multicast mode is normal. For this command to take effect, you must save the configuration and reboot the switch.

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Set the hardware resource multicast mode.

hardware-resource mcast { normal | enhance }

By default, the hardware resource multicast mode is normal.

For this command to take effect, you must save the configuration and reboot the switch.

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