HP 3500YL User Manual

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PIM-DM (Dense Mode)
Operating Notes

Flow Capacity.

The routing switch provides an ample multicast environ­

ment, supporting 2048 multicast flows in hardware across a maximum of 64
VLANs. (A flow comprises a unicast source address and a multicast group
address, regardless of the number of active hosts belonging to the multicast
group at any given time.)

IGMP Traffic High-Priority Disabled.

Enabling IP multicast routing to

support PIM-DM operation has the effect of disabling IGMP traffic high-
priority, if configured. (Refer to “Configuring IGMP Traffic Priority” on page 2­
11
.)

ACLs and PIM.

The switch allows ACL filtering on unicast addresses, but

not on multicast addresses. Also, an ACL does not take effect on a flow if the
flow began before the ACL was configured.

When To Enable IGMP on a VLAN.

When PIM is enabled on a VLAN, it is

not necessary to also enable IGMP unless there may be Joins occurring on
that VLAN. But if IGMP is enabled on a VLAN, you must also enable PIM if you
want that VLAN to participate in multicast routing.

IP Address Removed.

If you remove the IP address for a VLAN, the switch

automatically removes the PIM configuration for that VLAN.

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