Cisco Systems 78-11741-02 manual Monitoring and Maintaining the IP Network, IPC-118

Configuring IP Services

Monitoring and Maintaining the IP Network

See the “Configuring IP Multicast Routing” chapter of this document for more information on how to configure IP multicast routing.

Configuring the Router as a Forwarding Agent

To configure the router as a Forwarding Agent, use the following commands beginning in global configuration mode:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	Router(config)# ip casa control-address igmp-address	Specifies the IP address and IGMP address of the
		Forwarding Agent. The recommended IGMP address
		is 224.0.1.2.
Step 2
	Router(config-casa)#forwarding-agent pools	Adjusts the memory allocated for the affinity pools of
	initial-affinity-pool max-affinity-pool	the Forwarding Agent. The default pool size is 5000,
		and there is no maximum pool size.
Step 3
	Router(config-casa)# forwarding-agentport-number	Specifies the port number. The default is port 1637.
	[password [timeout]]

Note The Forwarding Agent IGMP address and port must the services manager using the ip igmp join-group

match the IGMP address and port configured on interface configuration command.

Monitoring and Maintaining the IP Network

To monitor and maintain your network, perform any of the optional tasks described in the following sections:

•Clearing Caches, Tables, and Databases (Optional)

•Monitoring and Maintaining the DRP Server Agent (Optional)

•Clearing the Access List Counters (Optional)

•Displaying System and Network Statistics (Optional)

•Monitoring the MNLB Forwarding Agent (Optional)

•Monitoring and Maintaining HSRP Support for ICMP Redirect Messages (Optional)

Clearing Caches, Tables, and Databases

You can remove all contents of a particular cache, table, or database. Clearing a cache, table, or database can become necessary when the contents of the particular structure have become or are suspected to be invalid.

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide

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