Use the following procedure to display all multicast next hop information to find the best route to a member group.
Open one of the supported browsers.
Enter the IP address of the switch to open an EDM session.
The following table describes the fields of the Next Hops tab.
Field | Description |
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Group | Indicates the IP Multicast group. |
Source | Indicates the source address. |
SourceMask | Indicates the source address mask. |
OutInterface | Indicates the VLAN ID for the outgoing interface for the next hop. |
Address | Indicates the address of the next hop specific to this entry. For most interfaces, this address is identical to the next hop group. |
State | Indicates whether or not the outgoing interface and next hop represented by this entry is currently being used to forward IP datagrams. A Value of forwarding indicates this parameter is currently being used; pruned indicates the parameter is not being used. |
ExpiryTime | Indicates the amount of time remaining before this entry is aged out. The value 0 indicates that the entry is not subject to aging. |
ClosestMemberHops | Indicates the minimum number of hops between this router and a member of this IP Multicast group reached through this next hop on this outgoing interface. IP Multicast datagrams for the group that have a TTL less than this number of hops are not forwarded to the next hop. |
Protocol | Indicates the routing protocol where this next hop was learned. |