Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide

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IPv6 Load Sharing over ECMP
and Trunks

When the device receives traffic for a destination,
and the IPv6 route table contains multiple,
equal-cost paths to that destination, the packets
are load balanced between multiple next-hops
including member ports of a trunk.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring

Basic IPv6 Connectivity”

Section:

“ECMP load

sharing for IPv6”

Directly Attached Host
Resource Allocation

The CAM allocations can be re-distributed using the
cam-partition next-hop command.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring

Basic Parameters”

Section:

“Re-distributing

CAM allocations”

Multicast Boundaries

The Multicast Boundary feature is designed to
selectively allow or disallow multicast flows to
configured interfaces.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring IP

Multicast Protocols”

Section:

“IP multicast

boundaries”

IPv6 PIM-SM

Book: Foundry BigIron RX
Configuration Guide

Embedded RP

Embedded RP allows the router to learn RP
information using the multicast group destination
address instead of the statically configured RP.

Book: Foundry BigIron RX
Configuration Guide

MLD Snooping

Book: Foundry BigIron RX
Configuration Guide

MBGP for IPv6

This release supports the Multi-protocol Border
Gateway Protocol (MBGP) for IPv6.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring IPv6

MBGP”

IPv6 mroute

This release supports multicast route table ipv6
multicast display and management.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring IPv6

Routes”

Section:

“Configuring a

IPv6 multicast route”

IPv6 MulticastRoute Table
Manager

Book: Foundry BigIron RX
Configuration Guide

Multicast MLL Sharing

Book: Foundry BigIron RX
Configuration Guide

Passive Multicast Route
Insertion (PMRI)

This new feature prevents unwanted multicast
traffic from being sent the CPU by conditionally
dropping unwanted multicast traffic in hardware.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring IP

Multicast Protocols”

Section:

“Passive Multicast

Route Insertion (PMRI)”

TABLE 14

Summary of enhancements in release 02.4.00 (Continued)

Enhancement

Description

See page

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