Configuration task list, Enabling ip multicast routing – H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F1000-E User Manual

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Table 76 Field description

Field Description

Source address

(S, G) entry of the multicast routing table

Group address

Incoming interface

Upstream interface of the (S, G) entry, which multicast packets should
arrive at.

Number of outgoing interfaces

Number and list of downstream interfaces, which need to forward
multicast packets.

Outgoing interfaces

Configuring multicast routing and forwarding at the
CLI

Configuration task list

Task Remarks

Enabling IP multicast routing

Required

Configuring multicast routing and
forwarding

Configuring static multicast routes

Optional

Configuring a multicast routing policy

Optional

Configuring a multicast forwarding
range

Optional

Configuring the multicast forwarding
table size

Optional

Tracing a multicast path

Optional

CAUTION:

IP multicast does not support the use of secondary IP address segments, which means multicast can be
routed and forwarded only through primary IP addresses, rather than secondary addresses, even if

configured on interfaces. For more information about primary and secondary IP addresses, see

"Configuring interface management."

Enabling IP multicast routing

Before you configure any Layer 3 multicast functionality, you must enable IP multicast routing.
To enable IP multicast routing for the public network:

Step

Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enable IP multicast routing.

multicast routing-enable

Disabled by default

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