All things related to multicast

["Arturo Servin" <>]

        The Cisco CSS-11000 and CSM for the Cat 6500 are very good boxes but
I think they do not support multicast, in fact, if they do, probably is kind
of complex the configuration.

        In our old CSS-11000 you can bridge some traffic and still do web
load balancing, the CSM may be work similar, so, if they can bridge, they
should let pass multicast traffic.

        I review the Guide configuration for the CSM and I saw something
about IGMP Snooping, so may be there is a probability that this box can do
what you need. If you need the guide mail me, but any way is public in the
CCO.

-as

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Young 
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Sent: Lunes, 24 de Enero de 2005 10:21 a.m.
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Subject: Load balancer

One of our groups on campus is using a real media server to stream media 
across campus, they have it setup to use multicast as well. They are 
wanting to setup a load balancer in front of multiple servers.

Does anyone have any experience using a load balancer in front of 
multicast sources? Products to look into / stay away from?

Thanks,
Jay

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