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● Provides traffic resiliency in the event of a VLT node failure. The traffic is forwarded until the PIM protocol reconverges and
builds a new tree.
IGMP message synchronization
VLT nodes use the VLTi link to synchronize IGMP messages across their peers. Any IGMP join message that is received on one
of the VLT nodes synchronizes with the peer node. Therefore, the IGMP tables are identical in a VLT domain.
Egress mask
When multicast traffic from the source arrives at one of the VLT peer nodes, it is sent to the downstream receivers using local
routing or switching and over the VLTi link. The port block at the VLTi link of the peer node drops the multicast traffic. This port
block, also known as the egress mask, avoids duplicate traffic forwarding on the VLT port channel by both VLT nodes. However,
if the receiver is connected to the peer node, the system forwards the multicast traffic to the receiver.
Spanned VLAN
Any VLAN configured on both the VLT peer nodes is known as a spanned VLAN. The VLT interconnect (VLTi) port is
automatically added as a member of the spanned VLAN. Any adjacent router connected to at least one VLT node on a spanned
VLAN subnet is directly reachable from both the VLT peer nodes at the L3 level.
● Spanned VLAN L3 interface: If you enable PIM on each of the spanned VLAN L3 interfaces on both VLT nodes, the interface
is a spanned VLAN L3 interface.
○ Spanned VLT VLAN L3 interface: Includes all spanned L3 VLANs that have at least one VLT port that is configured as a
port channel member.
○ Spanned non-VLT VLAN L3 interface: Includes all spanned VLANs that do not have VLT ports configured as port channel
members.
● Nonspanned L3 interface: All point-to-point interfaces or L3 VLANs that do not have VLT ports configured as port channel
members.
For more information, see Deployment considerations.
VLT multicast peer routing timer
If a VLT peer node fails, OS10 retains the synchronized multicast routes for the duration specified in the multicast peer-
routing-timeout command. The VLT multicast peer-routing timer is enabled by default with a timeout value of 300s. When
this timer expires, OS10 removes the routes that are not learned locally and routes that are not re-synchronized from the peer
node.
NOTE:
Dell Technologies recommends that you configure the multicast peer routing timer value to be 100 seconds greater
than the VLT delay restore timer value. For more information, see Configure the delay restore timer.
The show vlt domain-id command displays the configured timer value. When the timer is in progress, this command
displays the amount of time remaining until the timer expiration.
NOTE: This timer runs by default, regardless of whether you enable multicast routing or not.
Deployment considerations
Dell Technologies recommends the following:
● In a VLT-enabled PIM router, multicast routing is not supported when there are multiple PIM spanned paths to reach the
source or RP. Configure only one PIM spanned path to reach any PIM router in the aggregation or spine.
● If a source is connected to a nonspanned interface of the VLT peer nodes and the RP is reachable on a spanned interface
from both the VLT nodes, the receiver might receive duplicate traffic. To avoid duplicate traffic, configure the source to be
reachable on a spanned interface.
● For better convergence, the upstream incoming interface (IIF) and the downstream outgoing interface (OIF) must be a
spanned VLAN.
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