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Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048–ON System 9.14.2.4

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Requesting Multicast Traffic

A host requesting multicast traffic for a particular group sends an Internet group management protocol (IGMP) Join message to its gateway router.

The gateway router is then responsible for joining the shared tree to the RP (RPT) so that the host can receive the requested traffic.
  1. After receiving an IGMP Join message, the receiver gateway router (last-hop DR) creates a (*,G) entry in its multicast routing table for the requested group. The interface on which the join message was received becomes the outgoing interface associated with the (*,G) entry.
  2. The last-hop DR sends a PIM Join message to the RP. All routers along the way, including the RP, create an (*,G) entry in their multicast routing table, and the interface on which the message was received becomes the outgoing interface associated with the (*,G) entry. This process constructs an RPT branch to the RP.
  3. If a host on the same subnet as another multicast receiver sends an IGMP report for the same multicast group, the gateway takes no action. If a router between the host and the RP receives a PIM Join message for which it already has a (*,G) entry, the interface on which the message was received is added to the outgoing interface list associated with the (*,G) entry, and the message is not (and does not need to be) forwarded towards the RP.

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