Highlighting a multicast forwarding tree

To highlight a multicast tree rooted at a source subnet within a multicast group:

1. In the Multicast Manager navigation pane, select a tree icon in either the Dvmrp RPB Trees folder or the MRoute RPM Trees folder.
2. From Multicast Manager menu bar, choose View > Highlight Topology.
3. Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The devices and forwarding path are highlighted.

You can also select a multicast protocol feature in Multicast Manager and view in Optivity Switch Manager the devices that are actively using that feature.

To view devices using multicast protocol features:

1. In the Multicast Manager navigation pane, select a multicast protocol feature icon from the folders and subfolders of the navigation tree.
2. Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The devices using DVMRP are highlighted.

See also:

• Viewing Multicast Manager information on the topology map