Operation Manual – Multicast
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 8 MSDP Configuration
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To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Configure the minimum
TTL value of multicast
packets to be
encapsulated in SA
messages
peer peer-address
minimum-ttl
ttl-value
Optional
0 by default
8.5.5 Configuring SA Message Cache
To reduce the time spent in obtaining the multicast source information, you can have SA
messages cached on the router. However, the more SA messages are cached, the
larger memory space of the router is used.
With the SA cache mechanism enabled, when receiving a new Join message, the
router will not send an SA request message to its MSDP peer; instead, it acts as
follows:
z
If there is no SA message in the cache, the router will wait for the SA message
sent by its MSDP peer in the next cycle;
z
If there is an SA message in the cache, the router will obtain the information of all
active sources directly from the SA message and join the corresponding SPT.
To protect the router against denial of service (DoS) attacks, you can configure the
maximum number of SA messages the route can cache.
Follow these steps to configure the SA message cache:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter MSDP view
msdp
—
Enable the SA message
cache mechanism
cache-sa-enable
Optional
Enabled by default
Configure the maximum
number of SA messages
the router can cache
peer peer-address
sa-cache-maximum
sa-limit
Optional
8192 by default
8.6 Displaying and Maintaining MSDP
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
View the brief information
of MSDP peers
display msdp brief
[
state
{
connect
|
down
|
listen
|
shutdown
|
up
} ]
Available in
any view
View the detailed
information about the
status of MSDP peers
display msdp peer-status
[
peer-address
]
Available in
any view