Restricting the Number of Multicast Forwarding Entries

Context

Excessive multicast forwarding entries will exhaust the memory of the switch. To prevent this problem, set a limit on the number of entries in the MFIB.

Procedure

Run system-view
The system view is displayed.
Run multicast forwarding-table route-limit limit
A limit is configured for the number of entries in the MFIB.
The following lists the maximum number of entries allowed in the multicast forwarding table of each model by default:
- S5720-LI, S5720S-LI: 1022
- S5731-S, S5731S-S, S5720I-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720-SI: 1024
- S5735-L, S5735S-L, S5735S-L-M, S5735-S, S5735S-S, S5735-S-I: 1500
- S5730-SI, S5730S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI: 1536
- S5720-EI, S5720-HI, S5730-HI, S5731-H, S5731S-H, S5732-H, S6720-EI, S6720-HI, S6720S-EI, S6730-H, S6730S-H, S6730-S, S6730S-S: 4096