Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch IP Multicast Configuration Guide User Manual

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Field

Description

(abcd:ef50 0:100): The lowest 32 bits of source and group. It is displayed in XXXX:XXXX hex format. Here

XXXX is a 16-bit hex number.

cnt

The number of packets processed in software.

OIF

Output interfaces.

age

The mcache age in seconds. The mcache is reset to 0 if traffic continues to arrive, otherwise
it is aged out when it reaches the time defined by

ipv6 multicast mcache-age

.

uptime

The up time of this mcache in seconds.

vidx

The vidx is shared among mcaches using the same output interfaces. The vidx specifies the
output port list, which shows the index. Valid range is from 4096 to 8191.

ref-cnt

The number of mcaches using this vidx.

To display information about the software resources used, enter the following command.

device#show ipv6 multicast resource

alloc in-use avail get-fail limit get-mem size init

mld group 512 9 503 0 32000 272 28 256

mld phy port 1024 16 1008 0 200000 279 21 1024

snoop group hash 512 9 503 0 59392 272 20 256

.... Entries deleted

total pool memory 194432 bytes

has total 1 forwarding hash

Available vidx: 4061

Syntax: show ipv6 multicast resource

The following table describes the output from the show ipv6 multicast resource command.

Field

Displays

alloc

The allocated number of units.

in-use

The number of units which are currently used.

avail

The number of available units.

get-fail

The number of resource failures

NOTE

It is important to pay close attention to this field.

limit

The upper limit of this expandable field. The MLD group limit is configured using the

system-

max mld-snoop-group-addr

command. The snoop mcache entry limit is configured using the

system-max mld-snoop-mcache

command.

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