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OmniSwitch MBR Specifications Configuring a Multicast Border Router
page 8-2 OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide March 2015
OmniSwitch MBR Specifications
Quick Steps for Configuring an OmniSwitch MBR
1 Before attempting to configure multicast border router functionality, be sure to manually load and
configure both PIM and DVMRP on the switch. For example:
-> ip load pim
-> ip pim interface vlan-2
-> ip pim interface vlan-3
-> ip pim dense group 225.0.0.0/24
-> ip pim dense admin-state enable
-> ip load dvmrp
-> ip dvmrp interface vlan-4
-> ip dvmrp interface vlan-6
-> ip dvmrp admin-state enable
-> ip mroute mbr admin-state enable
2 Configure the switch to operate as a multicast border router using the ip mroute mbr command. For
example:
-> ip mroute mbr admin-state enable
Note. Optional. To verify the multicast border router status, enter the show ip mroute mbr command.
The display is similar to the one shown here:
-> show ip mroute mbr
MBR Status = enabled,
Protocols Registered = DVMRP PIM
MBR functionality is operationally active when the feature is administratively enabled and both PIM and
DVMRP are listed as registered protocols.
For more information about this display, see the “Multicast Routing Commands” chapter in the
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 CLI Reference Guide.
Platforms Supported OmniSwitch 10K, 6900
RFCs Supported 4601—Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
Protocol Specification
3973—Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
2715—Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing Protocols
draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-v3-09.txt - Distance Vector Multicast Rout-
ing Protocol, Version 3
MBR Interoperability DVMRP interoperability with IPv4 PIM (PIM-SM and PIM-DM
only).
OmniSwitch License Requirements Advanced License required on OmniSwitch 6900 only.