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Configuring IPv6 multicast routing and forwarding
This section describes how to configure IPv6 multicast routing and forwarding.
Configuration prerequisites
Before you configure IPv6 multicast routing and forwarding, complete the following tasks:
•
Enable IPv6 forwarding and configure an IPv6 unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the
domain are interoperable at the network layer.
•
Configure IPv6 PIM-DM or IPv6 PIM-SM.
•
Determine the maximum number of downstream nodes for a single entry in the IPv6 multicast
forwarding table.
•
Determine the maximum number of entries in the IPv6 multicast forwarding table.
Configuring an IPv6 multicast routing policy
You can configure the router to select the RPF route based on the longest match principle. For more
information about RPF route selection, see "
By configuring per-source or per-source-and-group load splitting, you can optimize the traffic
delivery when multiple IPv6 multicast data streams are handled.
Configuring an IPv6 multicast routing policy in public network
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Configure the device to
select the RPF route based
on the longest match.
multicast ipv6 longest-match
Optional.
The route with the highest priority
is selected as the RPF route by
default.
3.
Configure IPv6 multicast
load splitting.
multicast ipv6 load-splitting
{
source
|
source-group
}
Optional.
Disabled by default.
Configuring a multicast routing policy in a VPN instance
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter VPN instance view.
ip vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
N/A
3.
Configure the device to
select the RPF route based
on the longest match.
multicast ipv6 longest-match
The route with the highest
priority is selected as the RPF
route by default.
4.
Configure multicast load
splitting.
multicast ipv6 load-splitting
{
source
|
source-group
}
Optional.
Disabled by default.
NOTE:
The
multicast ipv6 load-splitting
command does not take effect in IPv6 BIDIR-PIM.