Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 15.0(1)M

Purpose

Command or Action

Clears MDS information from the router,

clear ip mds forwarding

Step 2

Example:

Router# clear ip mds forwarding

• Clears the Multicast Forwarding Information Base (MFIB)

table of the line card and resynchronizes it with the RP.

Exits to user EXEC mode.

exit

Example:

Router# exit

Step 3

Maintaining Multicast Distributed Switching on the Route Processor

Perform the following task to maintain MDS on the RP.

Procedure

Purpose

Command or Action

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

enable

Step 1

Example:

Router> enable

• Enter your password if prompted.

Deletes entries from the IP multicast routing table.

clear ip mroute {* | group [source]}

Step 2

Example:

Router# clear ip mroute *

• The *(asterisk) keyword deletes all entries from the IP multicast routing

table.

• The group argument is either of the following:

• Name of the multicast group, as defined in the Domain Name

System (DNS) hosts table or with the ip hostcommand.

• IP address of the multicast group. This is a multicast IP address

in four-part dotted-decimal notation.

• The source argument is a name or address of a multicast source that is

sending to the group. A source need not be a member of the group. If
you specify a group name or address, you can also specify a source
name or address.