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Multicast address format z/OS Communications Server: IPv6 Network and Application Design Guide SC27-3663-00 |
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Binary 11111111 at the start of the address identifies the address
as being a multicast address. Multicast addresses have the following
format:
Figure 1. Multicast address format
flgs is a set of 4 flags:
Figure 2. Flags
in multicast address
Scope is a 4-bit multicast scope value used to limit the scope of the multicast group. Group ID identifies the multicast group, either permanent or transient, within the given scope. |
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