Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Configuration Guide 9.10(0.0)

In previous versions, when the Dell Networking system is an RP, all initial packets are dropped until PIM creates an (S,G) entry. When the system is an RP and a Source DR, these initial packet drops represent a loss of native data, and when the system is an RP only, the initial packets drops represent a loss of register packets.

Both scenarios might be unacceptable depending on the multicast application. Beginning with the Dell Networking OS versions noted here, when the system is the RP, and has receivers for a group G, it forwards all initial multicast packets for the group based on the (*,G) entry rather than discarding them until the (S,G) entry is created, making Dell Networking systems suitable for applications sensitive to multicast packet loss.