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Table 76 Field description
Field Description
Source address
(S, G) entry of the multicast routing table
Group address
Incoming interface
Upstream interface of the (S, G) entry, which multicast packets should
arrive at.
Number of outgoing interfaces
Number and list of downstream interfaces, which need to forward
multicast packets.
Outgoing interfaces
Configuring multicast routing and forwarding at the
CLI
Configuration task list
Task Remarks
Enabling IP multicast routing Required
Configuring multicast routing and
forwarding
Configuring static multicast routes Optional
Configuring a multicast routing policy Optional
Configuring a multicast forwarding
range
Optional
Configuring the multicast forwarding
table size
Optional
Tracing a multicast path Optional
CAUTION:
IP multicast does not support the use of secondary IP address segments, which means multicast can be
routed and forwarded only through primary IP addresses, rather than secondary addresses, even if
configured on interfaces. For more information about primary and secondary IP addresses, see
"Configuring interface management."
Enabling IP multicast routing
Before you configure any Layer 3 multicast functionality, you must enable IP multicast routing.
To enable IP multicast routing for the public network:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view. system-view N/A
2. Enable IP multicast routing. multicast routing-enable Disabled by default