spbm-config-mode boot flag

Table 1. spbm-config-mode product support

Feature

Product

Release introduced

For configuration details, see VOSS User Guide.

spbm-config-mode (boot config flags spbm-config-mode)

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

VSP 4450 Series

VOSS 4.1

VSP 4900 Series

VOSS 8.1

VSP 7200 Series

VOSS 4.2.1

VSP 7400 Series

VOSS 8.0

VSP 8200 Series

VSP 8200 4.0.1

VSP 8400 Series

VOSS 4.2

VSP 8600 Series

VSP 8600 4.5

XA1400 Series

Not Supported

Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) and Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) cannot interoperate with each other on the switch at the same time. To ensure that SPB and PIM stay mutually exclusive, the software uses a boot flag called boot config flags spbm-config-mode.

Important

Important

After you change the boot config flags spbm-config-mode flag, you must save the configuration, and then reboot the switch for the change to take effect.

For more information about this boot flag and Simplified vIST, see IP Multicast.