3Com S7906E Configuration Manual page 968

Only one set of unified multicast service runs on a non-PE device. It is called public instance.
The configuration made in VPN instance view only takes effect on the VPN instance interface only.
An interface that does not belong to any VPN instance is called public instance interface.
For more information about multicast VPN, refer to Multicast VPN Configuration in the IP Multicast
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