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Multicast Administrative Scoping

You use multicast scoping to limit multicast traffic by configuring it to an administratively defined topological region. Multicast scoping controls the propagation of multicast messages—both multicast group joins upstream toward a source and data forwarding downstream. Scoping can relieve stress on scarce resources, such as bandwidth, and improve privacy or scaling properties.

For multicast scoping configuration examples, see Example: Configuring Scoping with the scope Statement and Example: Configuring Scoping with the scope-policy Statement.

This section discusses the following topics that provide information about configuring multicast scoping:


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