Multicasting in Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

Overview/Description
To describe the operation and implementation of multicasting in a network

Target Audience
Enterprise network engineers, network system analysts, customers, resellers responsible for network administration and implementation, and anyone working toward the Cisco Certified Network Professional qualification

Prerequisites
Familiarity with the internetworking fundamentals of operating and configuring a Cisco IOS device, basic switch configuration, routing protocol concepts, VLANs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, ISL, and access list configuration

Expected Duration
320 Minutes

Objectives:

Multicasting in Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

  • describe unicast and multicast traffic transmission basics.
  • describe traffic designs and transmissions and the structure of IP multicast and Ethernet addresses.
  • discuss Internet Group Management Protocol and its functions in a campus network.
  • describe IGMP Version 2 and its functions within a campus network.
  • describe how IGMP and CGMP operate and interact.
  • explain the factors involved in delivering multicast transmissions.
  • outline the major multicast routing protocols and describe DVMRP and MOSPF.
  • explain the operation and features of Protocol Independent Multicast dense and sparse modes.
  • explain multicast operation and features.
  • describe the operation and functionality of a multicast network.
  • describe factors involved in implementing IP multicast routing.
  • explain what IP multicast rendezvous points are.
  • configure IP multicast rendezvous points.
  • describe the procedures of joining multicast groups using Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) multicasting protocols.
  • enable, configure, and operate multicast routing using PIM sparse-dense mode on a campus network.
  • enable CGMP on VLAN interfaces of RSMs and distribution switches.


    • Course Number: 61214_eng