Figure 48 Selection of PIM-SM, BIDIR-PIM, and PIM-SSM
Enable PIM-SM for G
NOTE:
For more information about IGMP SSM mapping, see the chapter "IGMP configuration."
Multi-instance PIM
A multicast router that is running multiple instances maintains an independent set of PIM neighbor table,
multicast routing table, BSR information, and RP-set information for each instance.
Upon receiving a multicast data packet, the multicast router determines the VPN instance that the data
packet belongs to. The router then forwards the packet according to the multicast routing table of that
VPN instance or creates a multicast routing table entry for that VPN instance.
Protocols and standards
RFC 3973, Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification(Revised)
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RFC 4601, Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
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RFC 5015, Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
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RFC 5059, Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
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RFC 4607, Source-Specific Multicast for IP
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Draft-ietf-ssm-overview-05, An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
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A receiver joins multicast group G.
G is in the
SSM group range?
No
No
BIDIR-PIM is enabled?
Yes
No
G has corresponding
BIDIR-PIM RP?
Yes
Enable BIDIR-PIM for G
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Yes
The receiver specifies a
multicast source?
No
No
IGMP SSM mapping is
configured for G?
Yes
Enable PIM-SSM for G
Yes