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Restricting the Number of IPv6 Multicast Forwarding Entries

Context

Excessive IPv6 multicast forwarding entries will exhaust the memory of the switch. To prevent this problem, set the limit on the number of entries in the IPv6 multicast forwarding table.

Procedure

  1. Run system-view

    The system view is displayed.

  2. Run multicast ipv6 forwarding-table route-limit limit-value

    The limit on the number of entries in the IPv6 multicast forwarding table is configured.

    The following lists the maximum number of entries allowed in the IPv6 multicast forwarding table of each model by default:
    • S5720-LI, S5720S-LI: 496
    • S5730-SI, S5730S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI: 512
    • 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
    • S5720-EI, S5732-H, S6720-HI, S6730-H, S6730S-H: 2048
    • S6730-S, S6730S-S, S5720-HI, S5730-HI, S5731-H, S5731S-H, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI: 4096

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