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IP Multicast Routing Commands

IP Multicast Routing Commands

This chapter describes the function and displays the syntax for IP multicast routing commands. For more information about defaults and usage guidelines, see the corresponding chapter of the Network Protocols Command Reference, Part 1.

clear ip cgmp

To clear all group entries from the Catalyst switches' caches, use the clear ip cgmp EXEC command.

clear ip cgmp [type number]

type number (Optional) Interface type and number.

clear ip dvmrp route

To delete routes from the DVMRP routing table, use the clear ip dvmrp route EXEC command.

clear ip dvmrp route {* | route}

* Clears all routes from the DVMRP table.
route Clears the longest matched route. Can be an IP address, a network number, or an IP DNS name.

clear ip igmp group

To delete entries from the IGMP cache, use the clear ip igmp group EXEC command.

clear ip igmp group [group-name | group-address | type number]

group-name (Optional) Name of the multicast group, as defined in the DNS hosts table or with the ip host command.
group-address (Optional) Address of the multicast group. This is a multicast IP address in four-part, dotted notation.
type number (Optional) Interface type and number.

clear ip mroute

To delete entries from the IP multicast routing table, use the clear ip mroute EXEC command.

clear ip mroute {* | group [source]}

* Deletes all entries from the IP multicast routing table.
group Can be either one of the following:

· Name of the multicast group, as defined in the DNS hosts table or with the ip host command.

· IP address of the multicast group. This is a multicast IP address in four-part, dotted notation.

source (Optional) If you specify a group name or address, you can also specify a name or address of a multicast source that is transmitting to the group. A source does not need to be a member of the group.

clear ip pim auto-rp

To delete entries from the Auto-RP cache, use the clear pim auto-rp EXEC command.

clear ip pim auto-rp rp-address

rp-address Clears only the entries related to the RP at this address. If this argument is omitted, the entire Auto-RP cache is cleared.

clear ip rtp header-compression

To clear RTP header compression structures and statistics, use the clear ip rtp header-compression EXEC command.

clear ip rtp header-compression [type number]

type number (Optional) Interface type and number.

clear ip sdr

To delete a Session Directory Protocol (sdr) cache entry or the entire sdr cache, use the clear ip sdr EXEC command.

clear ip sdr [group-address | "session-name"]

group-address (Optional) Deletes all sessions associated with the IP group address.
"session-name" (Optional) Deletes only the sdr cache entry with the specified name.

frame-relay ip rtp header-compression

To enable RTP header compression for all Frame Relay maps on a physical interface, use the frame-relay ip rtp header-compression interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

frame-relay ip rtp header-compression [active | passive]
no frame-relay ip rtp header-compression [active | passive]


active (Optional) Compresses all outgoing RTP packets. This is the default.
passive (Optional) Compresses the outgoing RTP/UDP/IP header only if an incoming packet had a compressed header.

frame-relay map ip compress

To enable both RTP and TCP header compression on a link, use the frame-relay map ip compress interface configuration command. To disable both RTP and TCP header compression, use the no form of this command.

frame-relay map ip ip-address dlci [broadcast] compress
no frame-relay map ip ip-address dlci [broadcast] compress


ip-address IP address of the destination or next hop.
dlci DLCI number.
broadcast (Optional) Forwards broadcasts to the specified IP address.

frame-relay map ip rtp header-compression

To enable RTP header compression per DLCI, use the frame-relay map ip rtp header-compression interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

frame-relay map ip ip-address dlci rtp header-compression [active | passive]
no frame-relay map ip ip-address dlci rtp header-compression [active | passive]


ip-address IP address of the destination or next hop.
dlci DLCI number.
active (Optional) All outgoing RTP packets are compressed. This is the default.
passive (Optional) Compresses the outgoing RTP/UDP/IP header only if an incoming packet had a compressed header.

ip cgmp

To enable CGMP on an interface of a router connected to a Catalyst 5000 switch, use the ip cgmp interface configuration command. To disable CGMP routing, use the no form of this command.

ip cgmp [proxy]
no ip cgmp


proxy (Optional) Enables CGMP and the CGMP proxy function.

ip dvmrp accept-filter

To configure an acceptance filter for incoming DVMRP reports, use the ip dvmrp accept-filter interface configuration command. To disable this feature, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp accept-filter access-list-number [distance] neighbor-list access-list-number
no ip dvmrp accept-filter access-list-number [distance] neighbor-list access-list-number


access-list-number Number of a standard IP access list. This can be a number from 0 to 99. A value of 0 means that all sources are accepted with the configured distance.
distance (Optional) Administrative distance to the destination.
neighbor-list
access-list number
Number of a neighbor list. DVMRP reports are accepted only by those neighbors on the list.

ip dvmrp auto-summary

To enable DVMRP auto-summarization if it was disabled, use the ip dvmrp auto-summary interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp auto-summary
no ip dvmrp auto-summary

ip dvmrp default-information

To advertise network 0.0.0.0 to DVMRP neighbors on an interface, use the ip dvmrp default-information interface configuration command. To prevent the advertisement, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp default-information {originate | only}
no ip dvmrp default-information {originate | only}


originate Other routes more specific than 0.0.0.0 can also be advertised.
only No DVMRP routes other than 0.0.0.0 are advertised.

ip dvmrp metric

To configure the metric associated with a set of destinations for DVMRP reports, use the ip dvmrp metric interface configuration command. To disable this function, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp metric metric [list access-list-number] [[protocol process-id] | dvmrp]
ip dvmrp metric metric route-map map-name

no ip dvmrp metric metric [list access-list-number] [[protocol process-id] | dvmrp]
no ip dvmrp metric metric route-map map-name


metric Metric associated with a set of destinations for DVMRP reports. It can be a value from 0 to 32. A value of 0 means that the route is not advertised. A value of 32 is equivalent to infinity (unreachable).
list access-list-number (Optional) Number of an access list. If you specify this argument, only the multicast destinations that match the access list are reported with the configured metric. Any destinations not advertised because of split horizon do not use the configured metric.
protocol (Optional) Name of unicast routing protocol, such as bgp, eigrp, igrp, isis, ospf, rip, or static or dvmrp.

If you specify these arguments, only routes learned by the specified routing protocol are advertised in DVMRP report messages.

process-id (Optional) Process ID number of the unicast routing protocol.
dvmrp (Optional) Allows routes from the DVMRP routing table to be advertised with the configured metric or filtered.
route-map map-name Unicast routes are subject to route-map conditions before being injected into DVMRP. Route-maps cannot be used for DVMRP routes.

ip dvmrp metric-offset

To change the metrics of advertised DVMRP routes and thus favor or not favor a certain route, use the ip dvmrp metric-offset interface configuration command. To restore the default values, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp metric-offset [in | out] increment
no ip dvmrp metric-offset


in (Optional) The increment value is added to incoming DVMRP reports and is reported in mrinfo replies. The default for in is 1.
out (Optional) The increment value is added to outgoing DVMRP reports for routes from the DVMRP routing table. The default for out is 0.
increment Value added to the metric of a DVMRP route advertised in a Report message.

ip dvmrp output-report-delay

To configure an interpacket delay of a DVMRP report, use the ip dvmrp output-report-delay interface configuration command. To restore the default values, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp output-report-delay milliseconds [burst]
no ip dvmrp output-report-delay
milliseconds [burst]

milliseconds Number of milliseconds that elapse between transmissions of a set of DVMRP report packets. The number of packets in the set is determined by the burst argument. The default number of milliseconds is 100 milliseconds.
burst (Optional) The number of packets in the set being transmitted. The default is 2 packets.

ip dvmrp reject-non-pruners

To configure the router so that it will not peer with a DVMRP neighbor if that neighbor does not support DVMRP pruning or grafting, use the ip dvmrp reject-non-pruners interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp reject-non-pruners
no ip dvmrp reject-non-pruners

ip dvmrp routehog-notification

To change the number of DVMRP routes allowed before a syslog warning message is issued, use the ip dvmrp routehog-notification global configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp routehog-notification route-count
no ip dvmrp routehog-notification


route-count Number of routes allowed before a syslog message is triggered. The default is 10,000 routes.

ip dvmrp route-limit

To change the limit on the number of DVMRP routes that can be advertised over an interface enabled to run DVMRP, use the ip dvmrp route-limit global configuration command. To configure no limit, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp route-limit count
no ip dvmrp route-limit


count Number of DVMRP routes that can be advertised. The default is 7000 routes.

ip dvmrp summary-address

To configure a DVMRP summary address to be advertised out the interface, use the ip dvmrp summary-address interface configuration command. To remove the summary address, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp summary-address address mask [metric value]
no ip dvmrp summary-address address mask [metric value]


address Summary IP address that is advertised instead of the more specific route.
mask Mask on the summary IP address.
metric value (Optional) Metric that is advertised with the summary address. The default is 1.

ip dvmrp unicast-routing

To enable DVMRP unicast routing on an interface, use the ip dvmrp unicast-routing interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

ip dvmrp unicast-routing
no ip dvmrp unicast-routing

ip igmp access-group

To control the multicast groups that hosts on the subnet serviced by an interface can join, use the ip igmp access-group interface configuration command. To disable groups on an interface, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp access-group access-list-number version
no ip igmp access-group access-list-number version


access-list-number Number of a standard IP access list. This can be a number from 1 to 99.
version Changes IGMP version. Default is version 2.

ip igmp helper-address

To cause the system to forward all IGMP Host Reports and Leave messages received on the interface to the specified IP address, use the ip igmp helper-address interface configuration command. To disable such forwarding, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp helper-address ip-address
no ip igmp helper-address


ip-address IP address to which IGMP Host Reports and Leave messages are forwarded. Specify the IP address of an interface on the central router.

ip igmp join-group

To have the router join a multicast group, use the ip igmp join-group interface configuration command. To cancel membership in a multicast group, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp join-group group-address
no
ip igmp join-group group-address

group-address Address of the multicast group. This is a multicast IP address in four-part, dotted notation.

ip igmp query-interval

To configure the frequency at which the Cisco IOS software sends IGMP host-query messages, use the ip igmp query-interval interface configuration command. To return to the default frequency, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp query-interval seconds
no ip igmp query-interval


seconds Frequency, in seconds, at which to transmit IGMP host-query messages. The can be a number from 0 to 65535. The default is 60 seconds.

ip igmp query-max-response-time

To configure the maximum response time advertised in IGMP queries, use the ip igmp query-max-response-time interface configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp query-max-response-time seconds
no ip igmp query-max-response-time


seconds Maximum response time, in seconds, advertised in IGMP queries. The default value is 10 seconds.

ip igmp query-timeout

To configure the timeout time before the router takes over as the querier for the interface, after the previous querier has stopped querying, use the ip igmp query-timeout interface configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp query-timeout seconds
no ip igmp query-timeout


seconds Number of seconds that the router waits after the previous querier has stopped querying and before it takes over as the querier.

ip igmp static-group

To configure the router to be a statically connected member of the specified group on the interface, use the ip igmp static-group interface configuration command. To remove the router as a member of the group, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp static-group group-address
no ip igmp static-group group-address


group-address IP multicast group address of a group that the router is a member of.

ip igmp version

To configure which version of IGMP the router uses, use the ip igmp version interface configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip igmp version {2 | 1}
no ip version


2 IGMP Version 2.
1 IGMP Version 1.

ip mroute

To configure a multicast static route (mroute), use the ip mroute global configuration command. To remove the route, use the no form of this command.

ip mroute source mask [protocol as-number] {rpf-address | type number} [distance]
no ip mroute
source mask [protocol as-number] {rpf-address | type number} [distance]

source IP address of the multicast source.
mask Mask on the IP address of the multicast source.
protocol (Optional) Unicast routing protocol that you are using.
as-number (Optional) Autonomous system number of the routing protocol you are using, if applicable.
rpf-address Incoming interface for the mroute. If the Reverse Path Forwarding address rpf-address is a PIM neighbor, PIM Joins, Grafts, and Prunes are sent to it. The rpf-address can be a host IP address of a directly connected system or a network/subnet number. When it is a route, a recursive lookup is done from the unicast routing table to find a directly connected system. If rpf-address is not specified, the interface type number is used as the incoming interface.
type number Interface type and number for the mroute.
distance (Optional) Determines whether a unicast route, a DVMRP route, or a static mroute should be used for the RPF lookup. The lower distances have better preference. If the static mroute has the same distance as the other two RPF sources, the static mroute will take precedence. The default is 0.

ip mroute-cache

To configure IP multicast fast switching, use the ip mroute-cache interface configuration command. To disable IP multicast fast switching, use the no form of this command.

ip mroute-cache
no ip mroute-cache

ip multicast boundary

To configure an administratively scoped boundary, use the ip multicast boundary interface configuration command. To remove the boundary, use the no form of this command.

ip multicast boundary access-list-number
no ip multicast boundary


access-list-number Standard IP access list number identifying an access list that controls the range of group addresses affected by the boundary.

ip multicast cache-headers

To allocate a circular buffer to store IP multicast packet headers that the router receives, use the ip multicast cache-headers global configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

ip multicast cache-headers
no ip multicast cache-headers

ip multicast helper-map

To allow IP multicast routing in a multicast-capable internetwork between two broadcast-only internetworks, use the ip multicast helper-map interface configuration command. To prevent this feature, use the no form of this command.

ip multicast helper-map {group-address | broadcast} {broadcast-address |
multicast-address} extended-access-list-number
no multicast helper-map {group-address | broadcast} {broadcast-address |
multicast-address} extended-access-list-number


group-address Multicast group address of traffic to be converted to broadcast traffic. Use this with the broadcast-address.
broadcast Specifies the traffic is being converted from broadcast to multicast. Use this with the multicast-address.
broadcast-address Address to which broadcast traffic is sent. Use this with the group-address.
multicast-address Specifies the IP multicast address to which the converted traffic is directed. Use this with the broadcast keyword.
extended-access-list-number IP extended access list that controls which broadcast packets are translated, based on the UDP port number.

ip multicast rate-limit

To control the rate a sender from the source-list can send to a multicast group in the group-list, use the ip multicast rate-limit interface configuration command. To remove the control, use the no form of this command.

ip multicast rate-limit {in | out} [video | whiteboard] [group-list access-list] [source-list
access-list] kbps
no ip multicast rate-limit {in | out} [video | whiteboard] [group-list access-list] [source-list
access-list] kbps


in Only packets at the rate of kbps or slower are accepted on the interface.
out Only a maximum of kbps will be transmitted on the interface.
video (Optional) Rate limiting is performed based on the UDP port number used by video traffic. Video traffic is identified by consulting the sdr cache.
whiteboard (Optional) Rate limiting is performed based on the UDP port number used by whiteboard traffic. Whiteboard traffic is identified by consulting the sdr cache.
group-list access-list (Optional) Specifies the access list number that controls which multicast groups are subject to the rate limit.
source-list access-list (Optional) Specifies the access list number that controls which senders are subject to the rate limit.
kbps Kilobits-per-second transmission rate. Any packets sent at greater than this value are silently discarded. If this command is configured, the default value is 0, meaning that no traffic is permitted. Therefore, set this to a positive value if you use this command.

ip multicast-routing

To enable IP multicast routing, use the ip multicast-routing global configuration command. To disable IP multicast routing, use the no form of this command.

ip multicast-routing
no ip multicast-routing

ip multicast ttl-threshold

To configure the time-to-live (TTL) threshold of packets being forwarded out an interface, use the ip multicast ttl-threshold interface configuration command. To return to the default TTL threshold, use the no form of this command.

ip multicast ttl-threshold ttl-value
no ip multicast ttl-threshold [ttl-value]


ttl-value Time-to-live value, in hops. It can be a value from 0 to 255. The default value is 0, which means that all multicast packets are forwarded out the interface.

ip multicast use-functional

To enable the mapping of IP multicast addresses to the Token Ring functional address 0xc000.0004.0000, use the ip multicast use-functional interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

ip multicast use-functional
no ip multicast use-functional

ip pim

To enable PIM on an interface, use the ip pim interface configuration command. To disable PIM on the interface, use the no form of this command.

ip pim {dense-mode | sparse-mode | sparse-dense-mode}
no ip pim


dense-mode Enables dense mode of operation.
sparse-mode Enables sparse mode of operation.
sparse-dense-mode The interface is treated in the mode in which the group operates.

ip pim accept-rp

To configure a router to accept Joins or Prunes destined for a specified RP and for a specific list of groups, use the ip pim accept-rp global configuration command. To remove that check, use the no form of this command.

ip pim accept-rp {address | auto-rp} [group-access-list-number]
no ip pim accept-rp {ip-address | auto-rp} [group-access-list-number]


address RP address of the RP allowed to send Join messages to groups in the range specified by the group access list.
auto-rp Join and Register messages are accepted only for RPs that are in the Auto-RP cache.
group-access-list-number (Optional) Access list that defines which groups are subject to the check.

ip pim message-interval

To configure the frequency at which a sparse-mode PIM router sends periodic sparse-mode Join/Prune PIM messages, use the ip pim message-interval global configuration command. To return to the default interval, use the no form of this command.

ip pim message-interval seconds
no ip pim message-interval
[seconds]

seconds Interval, in seconds, at which periodic sparse-mode Join and Prune PIM messages are sent. It can be a number from 1 to 65535. The default is 60 seconds.

ip pim minimum-vc-rate

To configure the minimum traffic rate to keep virtual circuits from being idled, use the ip pim minimum-vc-rate interface configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip pim minimum-vc-rate pps
no pim minimum-vc-rate


pps Rate, in packets per second, below which a VC is eligible for idling. The default value is 0, which means all VCs are eligible for idling. The range is from 0 to 4294967295.

ip pim multipoint-signalling

To enable PIM to open ATM multipoint switched virtual circuits for each multicast group that a receiver joins, use the ip pim multipoint-signalling interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

ip pim multipoint-signalling
no ip pim multipoint-signalling

ip pim nbma-mode

To configure a multiaccess WAN interface to be in nonbroadcast, multiaccess mode, use the ip pim nbma-mode interface configuration command. To disable this feature, use the no form of this command.

ip pim nbma-mode
no ip pim nbma-mode

ip pim neighbor-filter

To prevent a router from participating in PIM (for example, to configure stub multicast routing), use the ip pim neighbor-filter interface configuration command. To remove the restriction, use the no form of this command.

ip pim neighbor-filter access-list-number
no ip pim neighbor-filter access-list-number


access-list-number Standard IP access list that denies PIM packets from a source.

ip pim query-interval

To configure the frequency of PIM router-query messages, use the ip pim query-interval interface configuration command. To return to the default interval, use the no form of this command.

ip pim query-interval seconds
no ip pim query-interval [seconds]


seconds Interval, in seconds, at which periodic PIM router-query messages are sent. It can be a number from 1 to 65535. The default is 30 seconds.

ip pim rp-address

To configure the address of a PIM rendezvous point (RP) for a particular group, use the ip pim rp-address global configuration command. To remove an RP address, use the no form of this command.

ip pim rp-address ip-address [group-access-list-number] [override]
no ip pim rp-address ip-address [group-access-list-number]


ip-address IP address of a router to be a PIM RP. This is a unicast IP address in four-part, dotted notation.
group-access-list-number (Optional) Number of an access list that defines for which multicast groups the RP should be used. This is a standard IP access list. The number can be from 1 to 100.
override (Optional) Indicates that if there is a conflict between the RP configured with this command and one learned by Auto-RP, the RP configured with this command prevails.

ip pim rp-announce-filter

To filter incoming Auto-RP announcement messages coming from the RP, use the ip pim rp-announce-filter global configuration command. To remove the filter, use the no form of this command.

ip pim rp-announce-filter rp-list access-list-number group-list access-list-number
no ip rp-announce-filter rp-list access-list-number group-list access-list-number


rp-list access-list-number Standard access list of RP addresses that are allowable for the group ranges supplied in the group-list access-list-number.
group-list access-list-number Standard access list that describes the multicast groups the RPs serve.

ip pim send-rp-announce

To use Auto-RP to configure which groups the router is willing to act as RP for, use the ip pim send-rp-announce global configuration command. To deconfigure this router to be the RP, use the no form of this command.

ip pim send-rp-announce type number scope ttl group-list access-list-number
no ip pim send-rp-announce


type number Interface type and number that identify the RP address.
scope ttl Time-to-live value that limits the announcements.
group-list access-list-number Access list that describes the group ranges for which this router is the RP.

ip pim send-rp-discovery

To configure the router to be an RP-mapping agent, use the ip pim send-rp-discovery global configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip pim send-rp-discovery scope ttl
no ip pim send-rp-discovery


scope ttl Time-to-live value in the IP header that keeps the discovery messages within this number of hops.

ip pim spt-threshold

To configure when a PIM leaf router should join the shortest path source-tree for the specified group, use the ip pim spt-threshold global configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip pim spt-threshold {kbps | infinity} [group-list access-list-number]
no ip pim spt-threshold


kbps Traffic rate in kilobits per second.
infinity Causes all sources for the specified group to use the shared-tree.
group-list access-list-number (Optional) Indicates what groups the threshold applies to. Must be a standard IP access list number. If the value is 0 or is omitted, the threshold applies to all groups.

ip pim vc-count

To change the maximum number of virtual circuits that PIM can open, use the ip pim vc-count interface configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip pim vc-count number
no ip pim vc-count


number Maximum number of virtual circuits that PIM can open. The default is 200 virtual circuits. The range is from 1 to 65535.

ip rtp compression-connections

To specify the total number of RTP header compression connections that can exist on an interface, use the ip rtp compression-connections interface configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip rtp compression-connections number
no ip rtp compression-connections


number Number of connections the cache supports, in the range from 3 to 256. The default is 16 connections.

ip rtp header-compression

To enable RTP header compression, use the ip rtp header-compression interface configuration command. To disable RTP header compression, use the no form of this command.

ip rtp header-compression [passive]
no ip rtp header-compression [passive]


passive (Optional) Compresses outgoing RTP packets only if incoming RTP packets on the same interface are compressed.

ip sdr cache-timeout

To limit how long an sdr cache entry stays active in the cache, use the ip sdr cache-timeout global configuration command. To restore the default value, use the no form of this command.

ip sdr cache-timeout minutes
no ip sdr cache-timeout


minutes Time, in minutes, that an sdr cache entry is active in the cache.

ip sdr listen

To enable the Cisco IOS software to listen to session directory advertisements, use the ip sdr listen interface configuration command. To disable the feature, use the no form of this command.

ip sdr listen
no ip sdr listen

mrinfo

To query what neighboring multicast routers are peering with the local router, use the mrinfo EXEC command.

mrinfo [hostname-or-address] [source-address-or-interface]

hostname-or-address (Optional) Queries the DNS name or IP address of the multicast router. If omitted, the router queries itself.
source-address-or-interface (Optional) Source address used on mrinfo requests. If omitted, the source address is based on the outbound interface for the destination.

mstat

To display IP multicast packet rate and loss information, use the mstat user EXEC command.

mstat source [destination] [group]

source DNS name or the IP address of the multicast-capable source.
destination (Optional) DNS name or address of the destination. If omitted, the command uses the system at which the command is typed.
group (Optional) DNS name or multicast address of the group to be displayed. Default address is 224.2.0.1 (the group used for MBONE Audio).

mtrace

To trace the path from a source to a destination branch for a multicast distribution tree, use the mtrace user EXEC command.

mtrace source [destination] [group]

source DNS name or the IP address of the multicast-capable source. This is a unicast address of the beginning of the path to be traced.
destination (Optional) DNS name or address of the unicast destination. If omitted, the mtrace starts from the system at which the command is typed.
group (Optional) DNS name or multicast address of the group to be traced. Default address is 224.2.0.1 (the group used for MBONE Audio). When address 0.0.0.0 is used, the software invokes a weak mtrace. A weak mtrace is one that follows the RPF path to the source, regardless of whether any router along the path has multicast routing table state.

ping

To send an ICMP Echo Request to a multicast group, use the ping EXEC command.

ping [group-name-or-address]

group-name-or-address (Optional) Sends an ICMP Echo Request to the specified multicast group.

show frame-relay ip rtp header-compression

To show Frame Relay's RTP header compression statistics, use the show frame-relay ip rtp header-compression EXEC command.

show frame-relay ip rtp header-compression [interface type number]

interface type number (Optional) Interface type and number.

show ip dvmrp route

To display the contents of the DVMRP routing table, use the show ip dvmrp route EXEC command.

show ip dvmrp route [name | ip-address]

name | ip-address (Optional) Name or IP address of an entry in the DVMRP routing table.

show ip igmp groups

To display the multicast groups that are directly connected to the router and that were learned via IGMP, use the show ip igmp groups EXEC command.

show ip igmp groups [group-name | group-address | type number]

group-name (Optional) Name of the multicast group, as defined in the DNS hosts table.
group-address (Optional) Address of the multicast group. This is a multicast IP address in four-part, dotted notation.
type (Optional) Interface type.
number (Optional) Interface number.

show ip igmp interface

To display multicast-related information about an interface, use the show ip igmp interface EXEC command.

show ip igmp interface [type number]

type (Optional) Interface type.
number (Optional) Interface number.

show ip mcache

To display the contents of the IP fast-switching cache, use the show ip mcache EXEC command.

show ip mcache [group [source]]

group (Optional) Displays the fast-switching cache for the single group. The group argument can be either a Class D IP address or a DNS name.
source (Optional) If source is also specified, displays a single multicast cache entry. The source argument can be either a unicast IP address or a DNS name.

show ip mpacket

To display the contents of the circular cache-header buffer, use the show ip mpacket EXEC command.

show ip mpacket [source-address-or-name] [group-address-or-name] [detail]

source-address-or-name (Optional) Displays cache headers matching the specified source address or name.
group-address-or-name (Optional) Displays cache headers matching the specified group address or group name.
detail (Optional) In addition to the summary information, displays the rest of the IP header fields on an additional line, plus the first 8 bytes after the IP header (usually the UDP port numbers).

show ip mroute

To display the contents of the IP multicast routing table, use the show ip mroute EXEC command.

show ip mroute [group-name | group-address] [source] [summary] [count] [active kbps]

group-name | group-address (Optional) IP address, name, or interface of the multicast group as defined in the DNS hosts table.
source (Optional) IP address or name of a multicast source.
summary (Optional) Displays a one-line, abbreviated summary of each entry in the IP multicast routing table.
count (Optional) Displays statistics about the group and source, including number of packets, packets per second, average packet size, and bits per second.
active kbps (Optional) Displays the rate that active sources are sending to multicast groups. Active sources are those sending at a rate of kbps or higher. The kbps argument defaults to 4 kbps.

show ip pim interface

To display information about interfaces configured for PIM, use the show ip pim interface EXEC command.

show ip pim interface [type number] [count]

type (Optional) Interface type.
number (Optional) Interface number.
count (Optional) Number of packets received and sent out the interface.

show ip pim neighbor

To list the PIM neighbors discovered by the Cisco IOS software, use the show ip pim neighbor EXEC command.

show ip pim neighbor [type number]

type (Optional) Interface type.
number (Optional) Interface number.

show ip pim rp

To display active rendezvous points (RPs) that are cached with associated multicast routing entries, use the show ip pim rp EXEC command.

show ip pim rp [group-name | group-address] [mapping]

group-name (Optional) Name of the group about which to display RPs.
group-address (Optional) Address of the group about which to display RPs.
mapping (Optional) Displays all group-to-RP mappings that the router is aware of (either configured or learned from Auto-RP).

show ip pim vc

To display ATM virtual circuit status information for multipoint VCs opened by PIM, use the show ip pim vc EXEC command.

show ip pim vc [group-or-name] [type number]

group-or-name (Optional) IP multicast group or name. Displays only the single group.
type number (Optional) Interface type and number. Displays only the single ATM interface.

show ip rpf

To display how IP multicast routing does Reverse-Path Forwarding (RPF), use the show ip rpf EXEC command.

show ip rpf source-address-or-name

source-address-or-name Source name or address of the host for which the RPF information is displayed.

show ip rtp header-compression

To show RTP header compression statistics, use the show ip rtp header-compression EXEC command.

show ip rtp header-compression [type number] [detail]

type number (Optional) Interface type and number.
detail (Optional) Displays details of each connection.

show ip sdr

To display the session directory cache, use the show ip sdr EXEC command.

show ip sdr [group | "session-name" | detail]

group (Optional) Displays the sessions defining the multicast group in detail format.
"session-name" (Optional) Displays the single session in detail format. The session name is enclosed in quotation marks (" ").
detail (Optional) Displays all sessions in detail format.

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