Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Configuration Manual page 1166

• The branches that transmit a prune message are deleted from the delivery
tree.
• The delivery tree which is spanning to all the members in the multicast
group, is constructed in the form of a DVMRP forwarding table.
Using DVMRP as the Multicast Routing Protocol
DVMRP is used to communicate multicast information between L3 switches
or routers. If a PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches handles
inter-VLAN routing for IP traffic, including IP multicast traffic, multicast
routing might be required on the switch.
DVMRP is best suited for small networks where the majority of hosts request
a given multicast traffic stream. DVMRP is similar to PIM-DM in that it
floods multicast packets throughout the network and prunes branches where
the multicast traffic is not desired. DVMRP was developed before PIM-DM,
and it has several limitations that do not exist with PIM-DM.
You might use DVMRP as the multicast routing protocol if it has already been
widely deployed within the network.
Microsoft Network Load Balancing
PowerConnect switches support Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) in
unicast mode only. When using Microsoft NLB, ensure that the Cluster
Operation Mode is configured to the default value of Unicast.
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Managing IPv4 and IPv6 Multicast