Foundry Networks Switch and Router User Manual

Configuring IP Multicast Protocols
December 2000 18 - 5
For example, in Figure 18.1 the sender with address 207.95.5.1 is sending multicast packets to the group
229.225.0.1. If a PIM router receives any groups other than that group, the router discards the group and sends a
prune message to the upstream PIM router.
In Figure 18.2, Router R5 is a leaf node with no group members in its IGMP database. Therefore, the router must
be pruned from the multicast tree. R5 sends a prune message upstream to its neighbor router R4 to remove itself
from the multicast delivery tree and install a prune state, as seen in Figure 18.2. Router 5 will not receive any
further multicast traffic until the prune age interval expires.
When a node on the multicast delivery tree has all of its downstream branches (downstream interfaces) in the
prune state, a prune message is sent upstream. In the case of R4, if both R5 and R6 are in a prune state at the
same time, R4 becomes a leaf node with no downstream interfaces and sends a prune message to R1. With R4
in a prune state, the resulting multicast delivery tree would consist only of leaf nodes R2 and R3.
Figure 18.1 Transmission of multicast packets from the source to host group members
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Video Conferencing
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229.225.0.1 229.225.0.1
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Interrmediate Node
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Foundry Networks Switch and Router Specifications

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Brand	Foundry Networks
Model	Switch and Router
Category	Switch
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