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CCNP Practice Question: Drag and drop the steps of PIM DM (Dense Mode)…
Drag and drop the steps of PIM DM (Dense Mode) flood and prune steps into the correct order, from first to last.
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Source sends multicast packet to first-hop router
PIM Dense Mode initially floods multicast traffic to all PIM-enabled interfaces. Routers that do not have interested receivers send Prune messages upstream. The upstream router then stops forwarding traffic on the pruned interface. If a new receiver appears, a Graft message re-adds the branch.
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