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IP multicast enhancements
Default Route ECMP This feature allows for load distribution of traffic
among the available default route next-hops.
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter: “Configuring IP”
Section:“Default route
ECMP”
Transparent Firewall Mode The Transparent Firewall mode feature allows
users to insert a Firewall in front of their existing
network without changing the statically defined
IP addresses of their network-connected devices.
This will allow the users to permit selected
devices from a subnet to cross the firewall while
access to other devices on the same subnet are
denied.
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter: “VLANs”
Section:“Transparent
firewall mode”
TABLE 19 IP multicast enhancements
Enhancement Description See...
MBGP Multiprotocol BGP allows for the inclusion of
information other than IPv4 routes via BGP
packets is available in this release.
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter: “Configuring
MBGP”
Multicast Source Discover Protocol
(MSDP)
This release supports the Multicast Source
Discovery Protocol (MSDP). It is used by
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Sparse
routers to exchange routing information for
PIM Sparse multicast groups across PIM
Sparse domains.
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:“Configuring IP
Multicast Protocols”
Section:“Configuring
Multicast Source Discovery
Protocol (MSDP)”
MSDP Mesh Groups This release supports Multicast Source
Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Mesh Groups. This
feature allows you to connect several RPs to
each other which reduces the forwarding of
SA messages within a domain.
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:“Configuring IP
Multicast Protocols”
Section:“Configuring MSDP
mesh group”
IGMP v3 IGMP v3 provides selective filtering of traffic
based on traffic source.
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:“Configuring IP
Multicast Protocols”
Section:“IGMP v3”
PIM-SSM v4 PIM-SSM is a routing protocol used for source
specific multicast groups and is used in
conjunction with IGMPv3
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:“Configuring IP
Multicast Protocols”
Section:“PIM-SSMv4”
TABLE 18 Layer 3 enhancements (Continued)
Enhancement Description See...