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As shown in
, a GRE tunnel is established between Router A and Router B. Router A
encapsulates the IPv6 multicast data in unicast IPv6 packets, and forwards them to Router B across
the GRE tunnel. Then, Router B strips off the unicast IPv6 header and continues to forward the IPv6
multicast data down toward the receiver.
NOTE:
To make sure the maximum transmission unit (MTU) feature works properly in multicast forwarding
through GRE tunnels, configure the same MTU value for all Tunnel interfaces on an HPE 5820X
switch or HPE 5800 switch. For more information about MTU configuration on a Tunnel interface,
see
Layer 3—IP Services Configuration Guide.
Configuration task list
Task
Remarks
Enabling IPv6 multicast routing
Required.
Configuring IPv6 multicast
routing and forwarding
Configuring an IPv6 multicast routing policy
Optional.
Configuring an IPv6 multicast forwarding range
Optional.
Configuring the IPv6 multicast forwarding table size
Optional.
Enabling IPv6 multicast routing
Before you configure any Layer 3 IPv6 multicast functionality, you must enable IPv6 multicast
routing.
Enabling IPv6 multicast routing for the public network
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enable IPv6 multicast
routing.
multicast ipv6 routing-enable
Disabled by default.
Enabling IP multicast routing in a VPN instance
Step Command Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Create a VPN instance
and enter VPN instance
view.
ip vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
For more information about
this command, see
MPLS
Command Reference
.
3.
Configure a route
distinguisher (RD) for the
VPN instance.
route-distinguisher
route-distinguisher
No RD is configured by default.
For more information about
this command, see
MPLS
Command Reference
.
4.
Enable IPv6 multicast
routing.
multicast ipv6 routing-enable
Disabled by default.