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Configuring IPv6 PIM snooping
This chapter describes IPv6 PIM snooping, how to configure IPv6 PIM snooping, configuration
examples, and troubleshooting methods.
Overview
IPv6 PIM snooping runs on Layer 2 devices. It determines which ports are interested in multicast
data by analyzing the received IPv6 PIM messages, and adds the ports to a multicast forwarding
entry to make sure multicast data can be forwarded to only the ports that are interested in the data.
Figure 97 Multicast packet transmission without or with IPv6 PIM snooping
As shown in
, Source 1 sends multicast data to multicast group G1, and Source 2 sends
multicast data to multicast group G2. Receiver 1 belongs to G1, and Receiver 2 belongs to G2. The
Layer 2 switch's interfaces that connect to the IPv6 PIM-capable routers are in the same VLAN.
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When the Layer 2 switch only runs MLD snooping, it does the following:
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Maintains the router ports according to the received IPv6 PIM hello messages that IPv6
PIM-capable routers send.
IPv6 multicast packet transmission
when only MLD snooping runs
IPv6 multicast packet transmission when
MLD snooping and IPv6 PIM snooping both run
Source 1
Source 2
Receiver 1
Receiver 2
IPv6 multicast packets (S1, G1)
Join message (S1, G1)
Layer 2 switch
Source 1
Source 2
Receiver 1
Receiver 2
Layer 2 switch
IPv6 multicast packets (S2, G2)
Join message (S2, G2)
IPv6 PIM
router 3
IPv6 PIM
router 1
IPv6 PIM
router 2
IPv6 PIM
router 4
IPv6 PIM
router 3
IPv6 PIM
router 1
IPv6 PIM
router 2
IPv6 PIM
router 4