A MulticastGroup is a collection of multicast senders and receivers (designated by an IP address in the range of 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255) that provides a logical address for sending information to multiple recipients.
Attributes for MulticastGroup
Following table lists some key attributes for MulticastGroup. The Multicast Manager uses these and other attributes to diagnose multicast group problems and to detect multicast group events.
| Attribute | Description | Allowed values |
|---|---|---|
| GroupAddress | The multicast network group identifier. | String: IpAddress, an application-wide type representing an IPv4 internet address |
| GroupNetmask | The multicast group address mask. | String: IpAddress, an application-wide type representing an IPv4 internet address |
| GroupType | The type of the group. | String: IpAddress, an application-wide type representing an IPv4 internet address |
| IGMPNetworkCount | The number of receiving IGMP networks. | Integer |
| InRPTable | Indicates that the group was discovered using the RP table. | Boolean: true or false |
| IpMRoutePkts | The total number of packets received from all sources for this group as retained by the SG entry. | Unsigned long |
| IpMRoutePkts_In | The total number of multicast packets received from all sources by the system hosting the RP for this group. | Unsigned long |
| IpMRoutePkts_Out | The total number of multicast packets sent by the system hosting the RP for this group. | Unsigned long |
| IsManaged | Indicates that the instrumentation of (S,G) entries providing data for this group will be allowed. | Boolean: true or false |
| ReceivingSystemsCount | The number of receiving Unitary Computer Systems. | Integer |
| RPAddress | The IP address of the Rendezvous Point. | String: IpAddress, an application-wide type representing an IPv4 internet address |
