PIM DM on Huawei S5700

1. Configure IP addresses based on the above topology (omitted).
2. Use OSPF to assure connectivity between switches.
3. Enable multicast on both switches.
4. Enable PIM DM on all interfaces.
5. Address of multicast group G: 225.1.1.1.
6. Address of multicast group S: 10.10.10.100.

OSPF configuration:

[SwitchA]dis current-configuration configuration ospf
#
ospf 1
 area 0.0.0.0
  network 10.10.30.0 0.0.0.255
  network 150.1.1.0 0.0.0.3
#
[SwitchB]display current-configuration configuration ospf
#
ospf 1
 area 0.0.0.0
  network 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255
  network 10.10.20.0 0.0.0.255
  network 150.1.1.0 0.0.0.3
#

Although PIM is intra-domain multicast routing protocol, RPF check is always performed based on IGP, in our case OSPF. Every problem in OSPF causes a problem in the multicast.

Enable multicast on both switches:

[SwitchA]multicast routing-enable

[SwitchB]multicast routing-enable

Enable PIM DM on each interface:

[SwitchA]dis cur int Vlanif 
#
interface Vlanif300
 ip address 150.1.1.2 255.255.255.252
 pim dm
#
interface Vlanif400
 ip address 10.10.30.1 255.255.255.0
 pim dm
 igmp enable

[SwitchB]dis cur int Vlanif 
#
interface Vlanif100
 ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
 pim dm
 igmp enable
#
interface Vlanif200
 ip address 10.10.20.1 255.255.255.0
 pim dm
 igmp enable
#
interface Vlanif300
 ip address 150.1.1.1 255.255.255.252
 pim dm
#

As you can see from the above output, except PIM DM protocol, IGMP has been configured at the interfaces towards receivers. What is IGMP? This is Internet Group Management Protocol that manages IPv4 multicast members. In short, IGMP needs to be enabled on hosts and on switches. Through IGMP, a multicast L3 device knows whether there is a multicast group member, on the network segment to which an interface of the switch is connected.

Verification (SwitchA as an example):

[SwitchA]display pim interface
 VPN-Instance: public net
 Interface           State NbrCnt HelloInt   DR-Pri     DR-Address
 Vlanif300           up    1      30         1          150.1.1.2       (local)
 Vlanif400           up    0      30         1          10.10.30.1      (local)

[SwitchA]dis pim neighbor 
 VPN-Instance: public net
 Total Number of Neighbors = 1

 Neighbor        Interface           Uptime   Expires  Dr-Priority  BFD-Session
 150.1.1.1       Vlanif300           00:57:23 00:01:22 1            N          

[SwitchA]dis igmp interface
Interface information
 Vlanif400(10.10.30.1): 
   IGMP is enabled
   Current IGMP version is 2
   IGMP state: up
   IGMP group policy: none
   IGMP limit: -
   Value of query interval for IGMP (negotiated): -
   Value of query interval for IGMP (configured): 60 s
   Value of other querier timeout for IGMP: 0 s
   Value of maximum query response time for IGMP: 10 s
   Querier for IGMP: 10.10.30.1 (this router)

Let’s start multicast source. Assume that receivers need to get information about multicast group G 225.1.1.1. When sending multicast packets to multicast group G, multicast source S 10.10.10.100 generates an SPT (shortest-path tree) through flooding and the (S, G) entries exist on both switches that are in the SPT. When a receiver joins multicast group G, an (*, G) entry is generated on the switch.

[SwitchA]dis pim routing-table
 VPN-Instance: public net
 Total 1 (*, G) entry; 1 (S, G) entry

 (*, 225.1.1.1)
     Protocol: pim-dm, Flag: WC 
     UpTime: 00:00:07
     Upstream interface: NULL
         Upstream neighbor: NULL
         RPF prime neighbor: NULL
     Downstream interface(s) information:
     Total number of downstreams: 1
         1: Vlanif400
             Protocol: igmp, UpTime: 00:00:07, Expires: never

 (10.10.10.100, 225.1.1.1)
     Protocol: pim-dm, Flag: ACT 
     UpTime: 00:12:17
     Upstream interface: Vlanif300
         Upstream neighbor: 150.1.1.1
         RPF prime neighbor: 150.1.1.1
     Downstream interface(s) information:
     Total number of downstreams: 1
         1: Vlanif400
             Protocol: pim-dm, UpTime: 00:00:07, Expires:  - 


[SwitchB]dis pim routing-table 
 VPN-Instance: public net
 Total 1 (*, G) entry; 1 (S, G) entry

 (*, 225.1.1.1)
     Protocol: pim-dm, Flag: WC 
     UpTime: 00:00:30
     Upstream interface: NULL
         Upstream neighbor: NULL
         RPF prime neighbor: NULL
     Downstream interface(s) information:
     Total number of downstreams: 1
         1: Vlanif200
             Protocol: igmp, UpTime: 00:00:30, Expires: never

 (10.10.10.100, 225.1.1.1)
     Protocol: pim-dm, Flag: LOC ACT 
     UpTime: 00:12:37
     Upstream interface: Vlanif100
         Upstream neighbor: NULL
         RPF prime neighbor: NULL
     Downstream interface(s) information:
     Total number of downstreams: 2
         1: Vlanif300
             Protocol: pim-dm, UpTime: 00:00:25, Expires: never
         2: Vlanif200
             Protocol: pim-dm, UpTime: 00:00:30, Expires:  -

Let’s check whether it works, using eNSP with VLC.