HP MSR2000/3000/4000 Router Series IP Multicast Configuration Guide

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Figure 62 Transmission of multicast protocol packets
The multicast protocol packet is delivered as follows:
1. Receiver sends an IGMP report to CE 2 to join the multicast group G. CE 2 creates a local state
entry (*, 225.1.1.1) and sends a join message to the VPN RP (CE 1).
2. After receiving the join message from CE 2, the VPN instance on PE 2 creates a state entry (*,
225.1.1.1) and specify the MTI interface as the upstream interface. The VPN instance on PE 2
considers that the join message has been sent out of the MTI interface because step 3 is transparent
to the VPN instance.
3. PE 2 encapsulates the join message into a public network multicast data packet (11.1.2.1,
239.1.1.1) by using the GRE method. The source address of this public network multicast data
packet is the MD source interface IP address 11.1.2.1, and the destination address is the
default-group address 239.1.1.1. PE 2 then forwards this packet to the public network.
4. The default-MDT forwards the multicast data packet (11.1.2.1, 239.1.1.1) to the public network
instance on all the PE devices. After receiving this packet, every PE device decapsulates it to get the
original join message to be sent to the VPN RP. Then, each PE device examines the VPN RP
address in the join message. If the VPN RP is in the site to which a PE device is connected, it passes
the join message to the VPN instance on it. Otherwise, it discards the join message.
5. When receiving the join message, the VPN instance on PE 1 considers that the received message
is from the MTI. PE 1 creates a local state entry (*, 225.1.1.1), with the downstream interface
being the MTI and the upstream interface being the one that leads to CE 1. At the same time, it
sends a join message to CE 1, which is the VPN RP.
6. After receiving the join message from the VPN instance on PE 1, CE 1 creates a local state entry
(*, 225.1.1.1) or updates the entry if it already exists.
By now, the construction of an RPT across the public network is completed.
Multicast data packet delivery
After the default-MDT is established, the multicast source forwards the VPN multicast data to the receivers
in each site along the default-MDT. The VPN multicast packets are encapsulated into public network
multicast packets on the local PE device, transmitted along the default-MDT, and then decapsulated on
the remote PE device and transmitted in that VPN site.
Public instance BGP peers
MD
P
PE 1 PE 2
PE 3
BGP: 11.1.2.1/24
BGP: 11.1.3.1/24
Public instance join (11.1.2.1, 239.1.1.1)
BGP: 11.1.1.1/24
Default-group: 239.1.1.1
RP
CE 1 CE 2
Source
Receiver
G: 225.1.1.1
S: 192.1.1.1/24
VPN instance join (*, 225.1.1.1)
Site 1 Site 2