Cisco Data Centers | Multicast

A Complete Practical Learning For Multicast in Cisco Nexus Switches. A CCIE Data Center (v3.1) Guide For IP Multicast

Created by: Salman Alhiary | LearnWithSalman.com
Network Consultant @ Cisco Professional Services

What Will I Learn?

• Understand why multicast transmission exists and what problems does it solve?
• Describe the differences between unicast, broadcast, and multicast transmissions.
• Learn IPv4 multicast addressing and its L2 MAC addresses mapping.
• Recognize the IGMP protocol and understand its role, features, and configuration.
• Understand the IGMP snooping feature and Describe its role in L2 multicast forwarding.
• Recognize the PIM protocol and understand its role in L3 multicast forwarding.
• Describe the Rendezvous Point (RP) router role and learn its configuration options.
• Explain and implement the dynamic methods of RP configuration (Auto-RP and BSR).
• Learn how to implement PIM redundancy using PIM Ancast RP and Anycast RP with MSDP.
• Explain the Bidirectional PIM (Bidir PIM) feature in Nexus switches, and learn how to configure it.
• Understand the phantom RP feature and how to use it for Bidir PIM redundancy.

Requirements

• Basic routing and switching knowledge are required to get benefits from this course!

Target audience

• Network engineers, designers, and consultants at all professional levels.
• Candidates preparing for their CCIE Data Center (v3.1) LAB or CCNP exams.
• Candidates with basic networking knowledge who desire more expertise in multicast technology.