Implementing Cisco Multicast is a five-day instructor-led course designed to provide technical solutions for simple deployments of IP multicast within a provider or customer network. This course covers the fundamentals of IP multicasting including multicast applications, sources, receivers, group management, and IP multicast routing protocols (such as Protocol Independent Multicast [PIM]) used within a single administrative domain (intradomain). The issues of switched LAN environments and reliable IP multicasting have also been incorporated. The labs incorporated in this course provide delegates with hands-on experience of the configuration and troubleshooting guidelines for implementing IP multicast on Cisco routers. IP Multicast Concepts and TechnologiesIntroducing IP Multicast Understanding the Multicast Service Model Defining Multicast Distribution Trees and Forwarding Reviewing Multicast ProtocolsMulticast on the LANMapping Layer 3 to Layer 2 Working with Cisco Group Management Protocol Using IGMP SnoopingPIM Sparse ModeIntroducing Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode Understanding PIM-SM Protocol Mechanics Using PIM-SM in a