Displaying the multicast FIB

Use the following procedure to display the multicast FIB.

In SPBM, B-MAC addresses are carried within the IS-IS link-state database. To do this, SPBM supports an IS-IS TLV that advertises the I-SID and B-MAC information across the network. Each node has a System ID, which also serves as Backbone MAC address (B-MAC) of the switch. These Backbone MAC addresses are populated into the SPBM VLAN Forwarding Information Base (FIB).

When the network topology is discovered and stored in the IS-IS link-state database, each node calculates shortest path trees for each source node, so that a unicast path now exists from every node to every other node. With this information, each node populates unicast information received from SPBM into the FIB for forwarding purposes.

The multicast FIB is not produced until virtual services are configured and learned.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > Fabric.
  2. Select SPBM.
  3. Select the Multicast FIB tab.

Multicast FIB field descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the Multicast FIB tab.

Name

Description

SysId

System ID of the node where the multicast FIB entry originated.

Vlan

VLAN of the multicast FIB entry.

McastDestMacAddr

Multicast destination MAC Address of the multicast FIB entry

Isid

I-SID of the multicast FIB entry.

Isid Name

Name assigned to the I-SID.

HostName

Host name of the node where the multicast FIB entry originated.

OutgoingInterfaces

Specifies the switched UNI port outgoing interface of multicast FIB entry.

IncomingInterface

Specifies the incoming interface (port or MLT) of the multicast FIB entry.