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Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
(MSDP)
Multicast source discovery protocol (MSDP) connects multiple PIM Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM) domains
together.
MSDP peers connect using TCP port 639. Peers send keepalives every 60 seconds. A peer connection is
reset after 75 seconds if no MSDP packets are received. MSDP connections are parallel with MBGP
connections.
clear ip msdp peer
Reset the TCP connection to the peer and clear all the peer statistics.
Syntax
clear ip msdp peer {peer address}
Parameters
peer address Enter the peer address in a dotted decimal format (A.B.C.D.)
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.3(0.0) Introduced on the MXL Switch .
clear ip msdp sa-cache
Clears the entire source-active cache, the source-active entries of a particular multicast group, rejected,
or local source-active entries.
Syntax
clear ip msdp sa-cache [group-address | rejected-sa | local]
Parameters
group-address Enter the group IP address in dotted decimal format
(A.B.C.D.).
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