Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) IP Multicast

Field

Description

IP Address Type

The IP address type (IPv4, IPv6, or DNS).

Multicast Address Domain

The multicast address domain to which the CFS distribution is restricted. There is a default multicast address for both IPv4 and IPv6 through which the keep-alive messages are sent and received to discover the CFS capable switches over IP. All switches with similar multicast address form one CFS-over-IP fabric. The default multicast address for IPv4 is 239.255.70.83 and range supported is [239.255.0.0 - 239.255.255.255] The default multicast address for IPv6 is ff13::7743:4653 and the supported range is [ff13::0000:0000 - ff13::ffff:ffff]

Action

Specifies the current operating mode employed in CFS for distribution over the corresponding type of Internet address. By setting the value of this object to 'enable', CFS will enable its capability to distribute the application data across the fabric over the corresponding type of Internet address. By setting the value of this object to 'disable', CFS will disable its capability to distribute the data across the fabric over the corresponding type of Internet address.



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