Ipv6 Multicast Address Format; Multicast Group Identification - HP 8200zl Configuration Manual

IPv6 Addressing
Multicast Application to IPv6 Addressing
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For information on Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) refer to the chapter
titled "Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping".
When MLD is enabled on an interface, you can use show ipv6 mld [ vlan < vid >]
to list the active multicast group activity the switch has detected per interface
from other devices.

IPv6 Multicast Address Format

The multicast address format has three principal sections in the leading 16
bits:
identifier: ff (bits 1-8)
■
■ flags: 0xxx (bits 9-12)
■ scope: 0001 - 1110 (bits 13-16)
For related information, refer to RFC 4291.

Multicast Group Identification

Multicast ID, Flags and Scope (16 bits)
1111 1111 0xxx xxxx :
multicast identifier: The first eight high-order bits, set to ff, identify the
■
address as multicast.
■ multicast flags: Bits 9-12 are multicast flags that provide additional
information about the multicast address, as follows:
Bit ID Options
9 0
10 (R) 0
1
11 (P) 0
1
12 (T) 0
1
Group Identifier (112 bits)
:
x...x x...x
reserved
multicast address without PIM-SM rendezvous point
multicast address with PIM-SM rendezvous point
multicast address without prefix information from the
originating network
multicast address with prefix information from the originating
network
multicast address is permanent (well-known, and not
restricted by scope value)
multicast address is temporary (and used only within an
identified scope)
: : : :
x...x x...x x...x x...x
Use
:
x...x