Chapter 6. Configuring and Troubleshooting IP Multicast Routing

• Configuring IP Multicast Routing ” This section presents the basics of configuring both PIM-DM and PIM-SM using Cisco IOS Software and presents case studies to further understand the configuration of these protocols.

• Troubleshooting IP Multicast Routing ” This section examines some of the tools available for troubleshooting IP multicast with Cisco IOS Software and provides some troubleshooting tips.

You examined various IP multicast routing protocols in Chapter 5, "Introduction to IP Multicast Routing," and you learned that the protocol of choice for Cisco and for most router vendors presently is PIM, whether dense mode or sparse mode. Now that you have an understanding of the basics of PIM operation, this chapter looks at the procedures to configure and troubleshoot both PIM-DM and PIM-SM using Cisco IOS Software.