Multicast enhancement – Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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Multicast enhancement

OSPF point-to-point

OSPF point-to-point eliminates the need for
Designated and Backup Designated routers,
allowing for faster convergence of the network.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring

OSPF Version 2 (IPv4)”

Section:

“OSPF

point-to-point links”

Neighbor Local AS

Neighbor Local Autonomous System (AS) feature
allows a router that is a member of one AS to appear
to be a member of another AS.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring

BGP4 (IPv4 and IPv6)”

Section:

“Neighbor

local-AS”

Full AS Path information in
sFlow

In this release, sFlow packets now contain full AP
Path information.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring

sFlow”

Section:

“Extended

gateway information”

Policy Based Routing

Policy-Based Routing (PBR) allows you to use ACLs
and route maps to selectively modify and route IP
packets in hardware. The ACLs classify the traffic.
Route maps that match on the ACLs set routing
attributes for the traffic.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Policy-Based

Routing”

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Multicast enhancement

Enhancement

Description

See page

IGMP Snooping

The BigIron RX supports IGMP snooping.

Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:

“Configuring IP

Multicast Traffic Reduction”

Section:

“Enabling IP

multicast traffic reduction”

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Layer 3 enhancements (Continued)

Enhancement

Description

See page

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