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OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide December 2007 page 6-1
6 Configuring DVMRP
This chapter includes descriptions for Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP). DVMRP is
a dense-mode multicast routing protocol. DVMRP—which is essentially a “broadcast and prune” routing
protocol—is designed to assist routers in propagating IP multicast traffic through a network.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes the basic components of DVMRP and how to configure them through the
Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details
about the syntax of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
• Loading DVMRP into memory—see page 6-10.
• Enabling DVMRP—see page 6-12.
• Neighbor communications—see page 6-13.
• Routes—see page 6-14.
• Pruning—see page 6-15.
• Grafting—see page 6-17.
• Tunnels—see page 6-17.
• Verifying the DVMRP configuration—see page 6-18.