Displaying the Multicast Cache

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Table 10-2 describes the fields in the cache display.

Table 10-2 Information in the cache display

Field

Description

 

 

Origin

The source of the incoming packets. Entries preceded by an angle

 

bracket (>) indicate a multicast subnetwork. Entries without an

 

angle bracket, beneath the subnetwork entries, are multicast

 

routers within that subnetwork.

Mcast-group

The destination multicast group

CTmr

Cache timer. The amount of time in seconds (s), minutes (m), and

 

hours (h), that a cache entry has to remain in the cache

Age

Number of seconds (s), minutes (m), or hours (h) that the cache

 

entry has existed.

PTmr

The time remaining, in seconds (s), minutes (m), or hours (h), before

 

another prune will be sent to prune the Spanning Tree.

In-If

Interface number on which that gateway is connected. Traffic is

 

expected to originate from this interface.

 

T represents the tunnel; P denotes that a prune has been sent to

 

this tunnel.

Out-If

Set of interfaces on which the traffic will be flooded out. I repre-

 

sents the interface.

 

 

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