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ip multicast traceRoute

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For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Provides a method for tracing the path that an IP multicast packet takes from a source to a particular receiver. Unlike unicast IP traceroute, multicast traceroute works in the reverse and requires a special packet type and implementation in routing devices.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ip m t

Important Considerations

This command traces the path backwards from a specific receiving device to a specific source device. When you use this command, the receiver is assumed to be the system to which you are connected.

This command produces a display that shows IP addresses of the interfaces that span from your system back to the source that you specify. The display also shows the number of hops back to those interfaces, the multicast routing protocols used, and the amount of time it takes to reach each hop from the receiver.

All interim devices must support IP multicast traceroute for you to see a complete path on the display.

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

source IP

IP address of the source device

address

that sends traffic to a specific IP

 

multicast group address

Any valid IP address – for IP multicast source devices in your network

multicast

The IP multicast group address

Any valid IP

group

that the source is using for a

multicast group

 

address

particular application. This is

address used by

 

 

useful when all applications

source devices in

 

 

come from the same source.

your network

 

 

 

 

 

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