Administrator Guide

● Multicast is not supported on secondary IP addresses.
● If you enable multicast routing, egress Layer 3 ACL is not applied to multicast data traffic.
● Multicast traffic can be forwarded to a maximum of 15 VLANs with the same outgoing interface.
Dell EMC Networking OS does not support multicast routing in the following VLT scenarios:
● In a VLT enabled PIM router, multicast routing is not supported when there are multiple PIM spanned paths to reach source
or RP. The workaround is to configure only one PIM spanned path to reach any PIM router in the aggregation or spine.
● If a source is connected to a non-spanned interface of the VLT peer nodes and the RP is reachable on a spanned interface
from both the VLT nodes, there is a possibility to receive duplicate traffic on the source. To avoid this, you should configure
the source to be reachable on a spanned interface.
First Packet Forwarding for Lossless Multicast
All initial multicast packets are forwarded to receivers to achieve lossless multicast.
When the Dell Networking system is the RP, and has receivers for a group G, it forwards all initial multicast packets for the
group based on the (*,G) entry rather than discarding them until the (S,G) entry is created, making Dell Networking systems
suitable for applications sensitive to multicast packet loss.
NOTE: When a source begins sending traffic, the Source DR forwards the initial packets to the RP as encapsulated
registered packets. These packets are forwarded via the soft path at a maximum rate of 70 packets/second. Incoming
packets beyond this rate are dropped.
Multicast Policies
The Dell Networking OS supports multicast features for IPv4. IPv6 multicast is not supported.
● IPv4 Multicast Policies
IPv4 Multicast Policies
The following sections describe IPv4 multicast policies.
● Limiting the Number of Multicast Routes
● Preventing a Host from Joining a Group
● Rate Limiting IGMP Join Requests
● Preventing a PIM Router from Forming an Adjacency
● Preventing a Source from Registering with the RP
● Preventing a PIM Router from Processing a Join
Limiting the Number of Multicast Routes
When the total number of multicast routes on a system limit is reached, Dell Networking OS does not process any IGMP or
multicast listener discovery protocol (MLD) joins to PIM — though it still processes leave messages — until the number of
entries decreases below 95% of the limit.
When the limit falls below 95% after hitting the maximum, the system begins relearning route entries through IGMP, MLD, and
MSDP.
● If the limit is increased after it is reached, join subsequent join requests are accepted. In this case, increase the limit by at
least 10% for IGMP and MLD to resume.
● If the limit is decreased after it is reached, Dell Networking OS does not clear the existing sessions. Entries are cleared after
a timeout (you may also clear entries using clear ip mroute).
NOTE:
Dell Networking OS waits at least 30 seconds between stopping and starting IGMP join processing. You may
experience this delay when manipulating the limit after it is reached.
604 Multicast Features