Date of Issue: 11-01-2023

IP Multicast Fundamentals

Introduction
  Why Multicast
  Multicast Applications
  Multicast Basics
Multicast Addressing
  Class D Addresses
  Reserved Link Local Addresses
  Globally Scoped Addresses
  Limited Scope Addresses
  Glop Addressing
  Layer 2 Multicast Addresses
  Layer 2 Multicast Frame Switching
    Manual Multicast Port Configuration
    Cisco Group Multicast Protocol (CGMP)
    IGMP Snooping
Layer 3 IP Multicast
  IGMP
    IGMP Version 1
    IGMP Version 2
    IGMP Version 1-Version 2 Interoperability
    IGMP Version 3
  Multicast Distribution Trees
    Source Distribution Trees
    Shared Distribution Trees
  Multicast Forwarding
  Reverse Path Forwarding
  Multicast Static Routes
  TTL (Time-To-Live) Threshold Checks
Multicast Routing Protocols
  Manual Multicast Router Configuration
  PIM
    Static Rendezvous Points
    Auto-RP
    Special Cases
    PIM Dense Mode
    PIM Sparse Mode (RFC 2362)
    PIM Dense Mode vs. PIM Sparse Mode, A Comparison
    PIM Sparse-Dense Mode
  DVMRP
  MOSPF
  CBT
Advanced IP Multicast Topics
  Multiprotocol BGP
  Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Overview
Troubleshooting IP Multicast
  Show Commands
  Debug Commands
  Other Useful Commands
  Debugging Strategy
Conclusion
References