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IPv6 Multicast: Explicit Tracking of Receivers

Last Updated: July 17, 2012
The explicit tracking of receivers feature allows a device to track the behavior of the hosts within its IPv6 network.

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest caveats and feature information, see Bug Search Tool and the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the feature information table at the end of this module.

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Information About IPv6 Multicast Explicit Tracking of Receivers

Explicit Tracking of Receivers

The explicit tracking feature allows a device to track the behavior of the hosts within its IPv6 network. This feature also enables the fast leave mechanism to be used with MLD version 2 host reports.

How to Configure IPv6 Multicast Explicit Tracking of Receivers

Configuring Explicit Tracking of Receivers to Track Host Behavior

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    configure terminal

3.    interface type number

4.    ipv6 mld explicit-tracking access-list-name


DETAILED STEPS
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Device> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
configure terminal


Example:

Device# configure terminal

 

Enters global configuration mode.

 
Step 3
interface type number


Example:

Device(config)# interface FastEthernet 1/0

 

Specifies an interface type and number, and places the device in interface configuration mode.

 
Step 4
ipv6 mld explicit-tracking access-list-name


Example:

Device(config-if)# ipv6 mld explicit-tracking list1

 

Enables explicit tracking of hosts.

 

Configuration Examples for IPv6 Multicast Explicit Tracking of Receivers

Example: Configuring Explicit Tracking of Receivers

Device> enable
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# interface FastEthernet 1/0
Device(config-if)# ipv6 mld explicit-tracking list1

Additional References

Related Documents

Related Topic Document Title

IPv6 addressing and connectivity

IPv6 Configuration Guide

Cisco IOS commands

Cisco IOS Master Commands List, All Releases

IP multicast commands

Cisco IOS IP Multicast Command Reference

IPv6 commands

Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference

Cisco IOS IPv6 features

Cisco IOS IPv6 Feature Mapping

Standards and RFCs

Standard/RFC Title

RFCs for IPv6

IPv6 RFCs

MIBs

MIB

MIBs Link

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

Technical Assistance

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http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html

Feature Information for IPv6 Multicast: Explicit Tracking of Receivers

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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Table 1Feature Information for IPv6 Multicast: Explicit Tracking of Receivers
Feature Name Releases Feature Information

IPv6 Multicast: Explicit Tracking of Receivers

12.2(25)S

12.2(25)SG

12.2(33)SRA

12.2(33)SXH

12.3(7)T

12.4

12.4(2)T

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1

15.0(1)S

This feature allows a devicer to track the behavior of the hosts within its IPv6 network.

The following command was introduced: ipv6 mld explicit-tracking.

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