How to check which process is generate the mcast/multicast traffic?
Issue
- There is lots of multicast traffic on a server which configred bridged network,and we want to know which app is generate the mcast traffic. Do we have a tool to trace this issue ?
08:50:24.609009 IP 0.0.0.0 > all-systems.mcast.net: igmp query v2
08:50:25.140518 IP 0.0.0.0 > all-systems.mcast.net: igmp query v2
08:50:25.235115 IP 0.0.0.0 > all-systems.mcast.net: igmp query v2
08:50:25.322719 IP 0.0.0.0 > all-systems.mcast.net: igmp query v2
- How to find out who is generating multicast traffic?
- On the switch we get messages like this:
%STORM_CONTROL-3-FILTERED: A Multicast storm detected on Gi2/0/7. A packet filter action has been applied on the interface.AWSAre_b3-1)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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