Information About Egress Multicast Buffering
The egress multicast buffer allows additional cells to enhance multicast traffic at egress. When there is heavy multicast traffic, buffer space (cells) is borrowed from the unicast pool. The pool provides a specific number of cells to enhance the burst absorption and minimize traffic drops at egress.
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The egress multicast buffering feature is enabled only in multicast heavy traffic environment. Also, there is a set limit for the multicast pool size (the number of cells that can be borrowed). |
You can configure multicast traffic buffering when the traffic patten in your environment has:
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Multicast traffic counts 90 to 99 percent
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Multicast traffic is inconsistent