IP Multicast Volume Organization
Manual Version
6W101-20091012
Product Version
Release 2202
Organization
The IP Multicast Volume is organized as follows:
Features
Description
Multicast Overview
This document describes the main concepts in multicast:
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Introduction to Multicast
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Multicast Models
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Multicast Architecture
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Multicast Packets Forwarding Mechanism
Multicast Routing and
Forwarding
Multicast routing and forwarding refer to some policies that filter RPF
routing information for IP multicast support. This document describes:
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Multicast routing and forwarding overview
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Multicast routing and forwarding configuration
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is a protocol in the TCP/IP
suite responsible for management of IP multicast members. This
document describes:
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IGMP overview
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Configuring basic functions of IGMP
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Configuring IGMP performance parameters
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Configuring IGMP SSM Mapping
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Configuring IGMP Proxying
PIM
PIM leverages the unicast routing table created by any unicast routing
protocol to provide routing information for IP multicast. This document
describes:
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Configuring PIM-DM
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Configuring PIM-SM
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Configuring PIM-SSM
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Configuring PIM Common Features
MSDP
Multicast source discovery protocol (MSDP) describes interconnection
mechanism of multiple PIM-SM domains. It is used is to discover multicast
source information in other PIM-SM domains. This document describes:
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MSDP configuration
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Configuring an MSDP Peer Connection
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Configuring SA Messages Related Parameters