Configuration procedure, Displaying and maintaining a multicast vlan – H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches User Manual

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The VLANs to be configured as sub-VLANs must exist and must not be multicast VLANs or

sub-VLANs of any other multicast VLAN.

The total number of sub-VLANs of a multicast VLAN must not exceed 1024.

Configuration procedure

To configure a sub-VLAN-based multicast VLAN:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Configure the specified VLAN
as a multicast VLAN and enter

multicast VLAN view.

multicast-vlan vlan-id

By default, a VLAN is not a
multicast VLAN.

3.

Assign the specified VLANs to

the multicast VLAN.

subvlan vlan-list

By default, a multicast VLAN has
no sub-VLANs.

Configuring the maximum number of forwarding
entries in a multicast VLAN

You can configure the maximum number of entries in the IGMP snooping forwarding table of a multicast

VLAN. When the number of forwarding entries maintained for a multicast VLAN reaches the threshold,

the system informs you to remove excessive entries. In this case, the system does not automatically remove
any existing entries or create new entries.
To configure the maximum number of entries in the forwarding table:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Configure the maximum

number of forwarding entries
in a multicast VLAN.

multicast-vlan entry-limit limit

The default upper limit depends on
the system operating mode.
For more information, see
Fundamentals Configuration

Guide.

Displaying and maintaining a multicast VLAN

Task Command

Remarks

Display information about a
multicast VLAN.

display multicast-vlan

[ vlan-id ] [ |

{ begin | exclude | include }

regular-expression ]

Available in any view.

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