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Multicast Features

Multicast Features are supported on platforms: c e s

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Enable IP Multicast

• Multicast with ECMP

• First Packet Forwarding for Lossless Multicast

• Multicast Policies

• Multicast Traceroute

• Multicast Quality of Service

• Optimize the E-Series for Multicast Traffic

• Tune the Central Scheduler for Multicast

FTOS supports the following multicast protocols:

• PIM Sparse-Mode

• PIM Source-Specific Mode

• Internet Group Management Protocol

Implementation Information

• Multicast is not supported on secondary IP addresses.

Enable IP Multicast

Enable IP Multicast is supported on platforms c e s

Prior to enabling any multicast protocols, you must enable multicast routing.

Task Command Syntax Command Mode

Enable multicast routing.

ip multicast-routing

CONFIGURATION