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Description:Complete Definition:Related information: Description: Packet InterNet Groper (PING) Complete Definition: A utility to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible. It works by sending a packet to the specified address and waiting...

Description:Complete Definition:RFCsAlso See Description:Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Complete Definition:Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) is a family of multicast routing protocols that can provide one-to-many and many-to-many distributi...

Introduction:RESV and PATH messages:RSVP Operation:Basic RSVP configuration:RFCsAlso See Introduction:Resource reservation Protocol (RSVP) is signaling protocol that enables and end stations or application to obtain special Qos for their flows, basic...

Description:The action of redistributing routes from one routing process to another. This might be from one protocol to a different one. The routes will be seen as external, and might be tagged or set to a specific metric and metric type to control t...

Introduction:Description:Also See Introduction:Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) was the first true multicast routing protocol.DVMRP is similar in many ways to Routing Information Protocol (RIP) with some minor variations added to su...

DescriptionComplete DescriptionOther Definitions:RFCs:Also See: DescriptionDomain Name System (DNS) Complete DescriptionDomain Name System (DNS) is a system of mapping names to IP addresses for various purposes. This system comprises a multilevel ser...

DescriptionCisco Express ForwardingComplete DefinitionPacket forwarding technology utilized by Cisco switches and routers.For more information, see the CEF page on cisco.com.

DescriptionBroadcast (a one to many, with actual data being sent to many)Complete DefinitionWikipedia Broadcast DefinitionAlso See Unicast Multicast Anycast

DescriptionComplete DefinitionOther Definitions:RFCs:Also See: DescriptionBerkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) Complete DefinitionBerkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is the most commonly used DNS server software on the Internet, especially on Unix-l...

Description:Unicast (one to one; with data only being sent to specific destination)Complete Definition:Message sent to a single network destination. Compare with broadcast and multicast.Unicast Address: The most common concept of an IP address is a u...

Introduction:DescriptionRFCsAlso See Introduction:If you want to send a message from one source to one destination, you could send a unicast message. If you want send a message from one source to all the destination on local network, you could send a...

DescriptionTechnical GuidesInstall and Upgrade GuidesConfiguration Guides DescriptionCisco Unified Operations Manager (UOM) is part of the Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite, and features out-of-the-box, real-time, service-level monitoring...

Introduction:MLD Basic Overview:Configuration Overview:Reference: Introduction:In IPv4 multicast group membership is managed through Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP).Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is a protocol that manages host m...

DescriptionKey FeaturesTechnical GuidesInstall and Upgrade GuidesConfiguration Guides  Description Cisco Unified Operations Manager (CUOM) is part of the Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite, and features out-of-the-box, real-time, service-l...

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