Guidelinesandlimitationsforenhancedmulticastperformance; Enabling Multicast Performance Enhancement - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Guidelines and Limitations for Enhanced Multicast Performance

GuidelinesandLimitationsforEnhancedMulticastPerformance

Enhanced multicast performance can be enabled only on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series M1-XL Ethernet modules
that are allocated to a virtual device context (VDC).

Enabling Multicast Performance Enhancement

Note
If you are familiar with the Cisco IOS CLI, be aware that the Cisco NX-OS commands for this feature might
differ from the Cisco IOS commands that you would use.
Before you begin
• You must create the VDC on which you want to enable the multicast performance enhancement. For
• You have the name for the VDC to be configured.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide
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information, see the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Virtual Device Context Configuration Guide.
Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)#
vdc vdc-name
Example:
Switch(config)# vdc MyVDC
Switch(config-vdc)#
limit-resource module-type m1xl
Example:
Switch(config-vdc)# limit resource
module-type m1xl
This will cause all ports of unallowed
types to be removed from this vdc.
Continue? [yes] Y
Switch(config-vdc)#
switchto vdc vdc-name
Example:
Switch(config-vdc)# switchto vdc MyVDC
Switch-MyVDC(config-vdc#)
Enabling Multicast Performance Enhancement on VDCs
Purpose
Enables global configuration mode.
Specifies a VDC and enters VDC configuration
mode.
Limits the resources for the VDC being
configured to Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Ethernet
modules with an XL Option only.
Switches from the default VDC to the specified
VDC.
Note You must be a network-admin or
network-operator to use the switchto
vdc command.