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Configuring IP Multicast
This chapter describes IP multicast routing on the Catalyst 4500 series switch. It also provides
procedures and examples to configure IP multicast routing.
Note For more detailed information on IP Multicast, refer to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6552/products_ios_technology_home.html.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, look at the
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Command Reference and related publications at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/index.html
If the command is not found in the Catalyst 4500 Command Reference, it is located in the larger Cisco
IOS library. Refer to the Cisco IOS Command Reference and related publications at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6350/index.html
This chapter includes the following major sections:
About IP Multicast, page 33-1
Configuring IP Multicast Routing, page 33-13
Monitoring and Maintaining IP Multicast Routing, page 33-23
Configuration Examples, page 33-28

About IP Multicast

Note Controlling the transmission rate to a multicast group is not supported.
At one end of the IP communication spectrum is IP unicast, where a source IP host sends packets to a
specific destination IP host. In IP unicast, the destination address in the IP packet is the address of a
single, unique host in the IP network. These IP packets are forwarded across the network from the source