IPMS Specifications Configuring IP Multicast Switching
page 24-2 OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide June 2013
Note. You can also configure and monitor IPMS with WebView, Alcatel-Lucent’s embedded Web-based
device management application. WebView is an interactive and easy-to-use GUI that can be launched
from OmniVista or a Web browser. Please refer to WebView’s online documentation for more informa-
tion on configuring and monitoring IPMS/IPMSv6 with WebView.
IPMS Specifications
The table below lists specifications for Alcatel-Lucent’s IPMS software.
Platforms Supported OmniSwitch 10K, 6900
RFCs Supported RFC 1112 — Host Extensions for IP Multicasting
RFC 2236 — Internet Group Management Protocol,
Version 2
RFC 2710 -- Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for
IPv6
RFC 2933 — Internet Group Management Protocol
MIB
RFC 3019 -- IP Version 6 Management Information
Base for The Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol
RFC 3376 -- Internet Group Management Protocol,
Version 3
RFC 3810 — Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2
(MLDv2) for IPv6
RFC 4541 — Considerations for Internet Group
Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast
Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping Switches
RFC 4604 — Using Internet Group Management
Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast
Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2)
for Source-Specific Multicast
IGMP Versions Supported IGMPv1, IGMPv2, IGMPv3
Maximum number of IPv4/IPv6 forwarding
entries
2K / 4K - OmniSwitch 10K
2K - OmniSwitch 6900
Maximum number of IPv4 multicast flows OS10K - 4K
OS10K - 2K (XNI-U32S)
OS6900 (X20/X40) - 2K
OS6900 (T20/T40) - 4K
(Note: Mixing an XNI-U32S with other modules in
the same chassis reduces the maximum entries to
2K)
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