Reference Guide
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the 
relevant 
FTOS Command Line Reference Guide
.
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
E-Series legacy 
command
Related 
Commands
show ip mroute — views the E-Series routing table.
ip multicast-limit
To limit the number of multicast entries on the system, use this feature.
S4820T
Syntax
ip multicast-limit limit
Parameters
limit
Enter the desired maximum number of multicast entries on the 
system. The S-Series range is from 1 to 2000.
Defaults The S-Series default is 400.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the 
relevant 
FTOS Command Line Reference Guide
.
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage 
Information
This feature allows you to limit the number of multicast entries on the system. This number is 
the total of all the multicast entries on all line cards in the system. On each line card, the 
multicast module only installs the maximum number of entries, depending on the configured 
CAM profile.
To store multicast routes, use the IN-L3-McastFib CAM partition. It is a separate hardware limit 
that exists per port-pipe. This hardware space limitation can supersede any software-
configured limit. The opposite is also true, the CAM partition might not be exhausted at the time 
the system-wide route limit set by the ip multicast-limit command is reached.
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