Displaying The Multicast Forwarding Cache - Planet Networking & Communication WGS3-2620 User Manual

4.6.6.4.2 Displaying the Multicast Forwarding Cache

The switch maintains a cache of multicast routing entries used to calculate the delivery tree in multicast
routing protocols. The Multicast Forwarding Cache includes the subnetwork that contains the multicast
source and the nearest upstream neighbor for each known multicast group address.
Parameter
Group Address
Source Address
Mask
Upstream Nbr
Protocol
Up Time
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Description
An IP multicast group address with subscribers directly attached or downstream
from this switch.
The IP subnetwork at the root of the multicast delivery tree. This subnetwork
contains a known multicast source.
Subnet mask that is used for the source address. This mask identifies the host
address bits used for routing to specific subnets.
The IP address of the network device immediately upstream for this group.
The multicast routing protocol associated with this entry.
The time elapsed since this entry was created.
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