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Address  Description 
224.0.0.7  Shared Tree (ST) routers 
224.0.0.8 ST hosts 
224.0.0.9  Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2) routers 
224.0.0.11 Mobile agents  
224.0.0.12  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server/relay agent
 
224.0.0.13  All Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) routers
 
224.0.0.14 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) encapsulation
 
224.0.0.15  All Core-Based Tree (CBT) routers
 
224.0.0.16  Designated Subnetwork Bandwidth Management (SBM)
 
224.0.0.17 All SBMs
 
224.0.0.18  Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) 
 
2)  IPv6 multicast addresses 
Figure 1-4 IPv6 multicast format   
 
 
Referring to 
Figure 1-4, the meanings of the fields of an IPv6 multicast address are as follows:   
z  0xFF: The most significant 8 bits are 11111111, indicating that this address is an IPv6 multicast 
address.  
Figure 1-5 Format of the Flags field 
 
 
z  Flags: Referring to Figure 1-5, the following table describes the four bits of the Flags field.   
Table 1-4 Description on the bits of the Flags field 
Bit  Description 
0  Reserved, set to 0 
R 
z  When set to 0, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast address without 
an embedded RP address 
z  When set to 1, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast address with an 
embedded RP address (The P and T bits must also be set to 1) 
P 
z  When set to 0, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast address not 
based on a unicast prefix 
z  When set to 1, it indicates that this address is an IPv6 multicast address based 
on a unicast prefix (the T bit must also be set to 1)