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Distributed MFIB (dMFIB) is used to switch multicast IPv6 packets on distributed platforms. The basic MFIB routines that implement the core of the forwarding logic are common to all forwarding environments.
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Distributed Multicast Forwarding Information Base (MFIB) is used to switch multicast IPv6 packets on distributed platforms. Distributed MFIB may also contain platform-specific information on replication across line cards. The basic MFIB routines that implement the core of the forwarding logic are common to all forwarding environments.
dMFIB implements the following functions:
The combination of distributed MFIB and MRIB subsystems allows the device to have a "customized" copy of the MFIB database in each line card and to transport MFIB-related platform-specific information from the RP to the line cards.
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Multicast forwarding is automatically enabled when IPv6 multicast routing is enabled. However, you may want to disable multicast forwarding on a distributed platform.
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. ipv6 mfib-mode centralized-only
This example shows how to disable multicast forwarding on a distributed platform:
Device(config)# ipv6 mfib-mode centralized-only
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IPv6 commands |
Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference |
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IPv6 addressing and connectivity |
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Distributed MFIB for IPv6 Multicast |
12.0(26)S 12.2(25)S 12.2(28)SB 12.3(4)T 12.4 Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1 |
Distributed MFIB is used to switch multicast IPv6 packets on distributed platforms. The following command was introduced: ipv6 mfib-mode centralized-only. |