Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Manual

Managing IPv4 and IPv6 Multicast 1167
43
Managing IPv4 and IPv6 Multicast
This chapter describes how to configure and monitor layer 3 multicast
features for IPv4 and IPv6, including global IP and IPv6 multicast features as
well as multicast protocols, including IGMP, DVMRP, and PIM for IPv4 and
MLD and PIM for IPv6.
The topics covered in this chapter include:
L3 Multicast Overview
IP Multicasting enables a network host (or multiple hosts) to send an IP
datagram to multiple destinations simultaneously. The initiating host sends
each multicast datagram only once to a destination multicast group address,
and multicast routers forward the datagram only to hosts who are members of
the multicast group. Multicast enables efficient use of network bandwidth
because each multicast datagram needs to be transmitted only once on each
network link, regardless of the number of destination hosts. Multicasting
contrasts with IP unicasting, which sends a separate datagram to each
recipient host. The IP routing protocols can route multicast traffic, but the IP
multicast protocols handle the multicast traffic more efficiently with better
use of network bandwidth.
• L3 Multicast Overview
• Default L3 Multicast Values
• Configuring General IPv4
Multicast Features (Web)
• Configuring IPv6 Multicast
Features (Web)
• Configuring IGMP and
IGMP Proxy (Web)
• Configuring MLD and MLD
Proxy (Web)
• Configuring PIM for IPv4 and
IPv6 (Web)
• Configuring DVMRP (Web)
• Configuring L3 Multicast
Features (CLI)
• L3 Multicast Configuration
Examples

Dell PowerConnect 8024 Specifications

General

Switching Capacity	480 Gbps
Stackable	Yes
Device Type	Switch
Enclosure Type	Rack-mountable
Power Redundancy	Optional
Width	17.3 in
Height	1.7 in
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Ports	24 x 10 Gigabit SFP+
Management	Web-based GUI, Command Line Interface (CLI), SNMP
VLAN Support	Yes
Power Supply	Internal
Routing Protocol	Static routing
Features	Quality of Service (QoS), VLAN support
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3z
Operating Temperature	0 to 45 °C
Storage Temperature	-20 to 70 °C
Relative Humidity	10% to 90% (non-condensing)
MAC Address Table Size	32, 000 entries