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Multicast application in VPNs
A PE device that supports multicast for VPNs performs the following operations:
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Maintains an independent set of multicast forwarding mechanisms for each VPN, including the
multicast protocols, PIM neighbor information, and multicast routing table. In a VPN, the device
forwards multicast data based on the forwarding table or routing table for that VPN.
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Implements the isolation between different VPNs.
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Implements information exchange and data conversion between the public network and VPN
instances.
, a multicast source in VPN A sends multicast data to a multicast
group. Only receivers that belong to both the multicast group and VPN A can receive the multicast
data. The multicast data is multicast both in VPN A and on the public network.