Preventing a PIM Router from Processing a JoinTo permit or deny PIM Join/Prune messages on an interface using an extended IP access list, use the following command.NOTE: Dell Networking recommends not using the ip pim join-filter command on an interface between a source and theRP router. Using this command in this scenario could cause problems with the PIM-SM source registration process resulting inexcessive traffic being sent to the CPU of both the RP and PIM DR of the source.Excessive traffic generates when the join process from the RP back to the source is blocked due to a new source group beingpermitted in the join-filter. This results in the new source becoming stuck in registering on the DR and the continuous generation ofuser datagram protocol (UDP)-encapsulated registration messages between the DR and RP routers which are being sent to the CPU.• Prevent the PIM SM router from creating a state based on multicast source and/or group.ip pim join-filterNOTE: When you configure a join filter, it is applicable for both ingress and egress flows. There is no option to specify inor out parameters while configuring a join filter.Understanding Multicast Traceroute (mtrace)Multicast Traceroute (mtrace) is a multicast diagnostic facility used for tracing multicast paths.Mtrace enables you to trace the path that a multicast packet takes from its source to the destination. When you initiate mtrace from asource to a destination, an mtrace Query packet with IGMP type 0x1F is sent to the last-hop multicast router for the given destination. Themtrace query packet is forwarded hop-by-hop untill it reaches the last-hop router.NOTE: If the system initiating the mtrace is the last-hop router, then the Query message will not be initiated. Instead, the routersends the request message to it previous router.The last-hop router converts this query packet to a request packet by adding a response data block. This response data block contains thelast-hop router’s interface address. The response data block inserted by the router also contains the following information:• Incoming interface details• Outgoing interface details• Previous-hop router address• Forwarding Code• Query Arrival Time• Routing Protocol detailsThe last-hop router calculates the path to reach the source in the reverse direction of the multicast data traffic. Based on this calculation,the last-hop router estimates the possible next-hop neighbor that is located in the direction towards the source and forwards the requestpacket to that neighbor.Each router along the multicast path fills its response block in a similar manner. When the mtrace request reaches the first-hop router, itsends the response (with IGMP type 0x1E) to the response destination address specified in the mtrace query.The response may be returned before reaching the first-hop router if a fatal error condition such as "no route" is encountered along thepath.If a multicast router along the path does not implement the mtrace feature or if there is an outage, no response is returned.When the initiator does not get a response for a specified time interval, the system performs a hop-by-hop expanding-length search to pinpoint the location in the network where the problem has occurred.NOTE: You cannot configure the wait time. It is fixed to 3seconds.600 Multicast Features
