Here is another blueprint area of study where we want to be very careful to ensure we are studying the correct scope. And once again, we have a major area of the exam that we can consider non-core. It is theoretically possible that we can skip multicast altogether and still pass the lab. And sure enough, once again we can break this non-core section into “core” and “non-core” because we typically need to build or troubleshoot a basic multicast infrastructure, and then pile features on top of it. If we do not get the base infrastructure correct, we typically have no chance at the features.
Let us examine the topics organized in this fashion:
Core Multicast Infrastructure
- PIM Dense
- PIM on an NBMA
- PIM Sparse
- RP Assignment Methods
- BiDir PIM
- MSDP
- IPv6 Multicast
Multicast Features
- Rate Limiting
- IGMP Filtering on Switch
- Block Multicast Traffic with Switch
- GRE Tunnels and Multicast
- Multicast Helper
Anthony Sequeira CCIE, CCSI
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