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Ip multicast dvmrp cachedisplay – 3Com 3500 User Manual

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cacheDisplay

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

Displays the DVMRP cache, which is a collection of information about the
IP multicast packets that have traveled through the system.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ip m d c

Options

Fields in the IP Multicast DVMRP Cache Display

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Multicast
source address

Source for which you
want to view cache
information

Depends on your
network

255.255.255.255
for all sources

255.255.255.255
(factory default),
or current value

Multicast
group address

Multicast group for
which you want to
view cache
information

Depends on your
network

255.255.255.255
for all groups

255.255.255.255
(factory default),
or current value

Field

Description

Source

Information about IP multicast sources:

Entries preceded by angle brackets (

>

) are

subnetworks that contain sources.

Entries without angle brackets are the IP addresses of
source devices.

Group

IP multicast group address of packets coming from the
source and subnetwork to the left.

CTmr

Time since the cache entry was originally recorded. Time is
noted in hours (h), minutes (m), and seconds (s).

Age

Value that indicates the remaining life for the cache entry.
Time is recorded in minutes (m) and seconds (s). The
system assigns a life of approximately 7 minutes to each
entry. When the age if the entry decreases to zero, the
entry either disappears or is refreshed.

PTmr

Time remaining before the system sends a prune message
to an upstream router. Time is shown in minutes (m) and
seconds (s). When traffic is actively flowing, a dash (

-

)

indicates that no prune message has been sent upstream.