Field Description
(abcd:ef50 0:100): The lowest 32 bits of source and group. It is displayed in XXXX:XXXX hex format. Here
XXXX is a 16-bit hex number.
cnt The number of packets processed in software.
OIF Output interfaces.
age The mcache age in seconds. The mcache is reset to 0 if traffic continues to arrive, otherwise
it is aged out when it reaches the time defined by ipv6 multicast mcache-age.
uptime The up time of this mcache in seconds.
vidx The vidx is shared among mcaches using the same output interfaces. The vidx specifies the
output port list, which shows the index. Valid range is from 4096 to 8191.
ref-cnt The number of mcaches using this vidx.

To display information about the software resources used, enter the following command.

device#show ipv6 multicast resource
alloc in-use avail get-fail limit get-mem size init
mld group 512 9 503 0 32000 272 28 256
mld phy port 1024 16 1008 0 200000 279 21 1024
snoop group hash 512 9 503 0 59392 272 20 256
.... Entries deleted
total pool memory 194432 bytes
has total 1 forwarding hash
Available vidx: 4061

Syntax: show ipv6 multicast resource

The following table describes the output from the show ipv6 multicast resource command.

Field Displays
alloc The allocated number of units.
in-use The number of units which are currently used.
avail The number of available units.
get-fail The number of resource failures
NOTE
It is important to pay close attention to this field.
limit The upper limit of this expandable field. The MLD group limit is configured using the system-
max mld-snoop-group-addr command. The snoop mcache entry limit is configured using the
system-max mld-snoop-mcache command.
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