Operation Manual – MulticastH3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 4 Common Multicast Configuration4-24.2.1 Enabling Multicast and Configuring Limit on the Number of RouteEntriesFollow these steps to enable multicast and configure limit on the number of routeentries:To do... Use the command... RemarksEnter system view system-view —Enable multicast multicastrouting-enableRequiredMulticast must be enabled beforethe multicast group managementprotocol and the multicast routingprotocol are enabled.Configure limit onthe number ofmulticast routeentriesmulticast route-limitlimitRequiredBy default, the limit on the number ofmulticast route entries is 1,024.Caution:The other multicast configurations do not take effect until multicast is enabled.4.2.2 Configuring Suppression on the Multicast Source PortI. Configure suppression on the multicast source port in system viewFollow these steps to configure suppression on the multicast source port in systemview:To do... Use the command... RemarksEnter system view system-view —Configure suppression onthe multicast source portmulticast-source-denyenable [ interfaceinterface-list ]RequiredSuppression on themulticast source port isdisabled by default.II. Configure suppression on the multicast source port in Ethernet port viewFollow these steps to configure suppression on the multicast source port in Ethernetport view:
