R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101

396
Table 73 Items of the multicast routing table
Item Description
Source address
An (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
Return to Multicast routing configuration task list.
Configuring multicast routing and forwarding in the
CLI
Configuration task list
Complete these tasks to configure multicast routing and forwarding:
Task Remarks
Enabling IP multicast routing Optional
Configuring multicast routing
and forwarding
Configuring multicast static routes Optional
Configuring a multicast routing policy 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. Namely, 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 Network Management
Configuration Guide
.
Enabling IP multicast routing
Before configuring any Layer 3 multicast functionality, you must enable IP multicast routing.
Follow these steps to enable IP multicast routing in the public instance:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enable IP multicast routing multicast routing-enable
Required
Disabled by default