01-24-2009 07:34 PM - edited 03-04-2019 12:57 AM
If i have multiple interfaces configured on same router with dense mode, How can i make traffic received on dense mode interface (Interface A) broadcasting to another dense mode interface (Interface B). Downstream router on Interface B is not sending "prune" messages because managed by another vendor and vendor does not want to configure anything on interface connecting to Interface B. I am seeing lots of output multicast packets on Interface B, originally received from Interface A upstread neighbor.
01-25-2009 04:55 AM
Hello Neil,
if you don't want to have multicast traffic received on interface A to be propagated to interface B you should probably move to IP PIM sparse mode so that in absence of signalling the interface is pruned from the multicast group oilist.
you can configure all interfaces with
ip pim sparse-dense-mode
then you define a loopback on your router as the RP and you use an ACL that includes that multicast group.
In this way that specific group is treated as Sparse mode and requires explicit join to send traffic out an interface
ip pim [vrf vrf-name] rp-address rp-address [access-list] [override] [bidir]
see
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipmulti/command/reference/imc_04.html#wp1014400
to be noted for all groups not matching the ACL they are processed in dense mode so this has a light and tunable impact.
In the future should other groups need to be filtered out it you just need to add lines to the ACL used in pim rp-address command
another possible option could be to use
Cisco IOS 12.3(11)T and Subsequent T and Mainline Releases
ip multicast boundary access-list [filter-autorp | in | out]
with the out option
But I didn't test this.
Hope to help
Giuseppe
01-25-2009 06:14 AM
Hi Giuseppe,
Thanks for reply.
Configuring sparse mode or sparse-dense mode is not an option because of some legacy configuration. I am also running 12.2(17)SX on 6500 with Sup720.
Thanks
01-25-2009 11:51 AM
Neil,
I don't completely understand what the issue is here. You are asking how you can send multicast traffic received on Interface A to Interface B and then you are saying that you are seeing the multicast traffic being sent to Interface B. Can you be a bit more explicit about what you are trying to achieve and maybe who is the other vendor and what they are and are not able to support.
Regards
01-27-2009 10:44 AM
Interface A is connected to Vendor A
Interface B is connected to Vendor B.
Interface A and B are in dense mode and do not want to change that configuration.
Interface A sends multicast feeds which also goes to Interface B. Vendor B does not send "prune" messages so Traffic from Interface A continously goes to Interface B.
Changing Dense mode to sparse mode is not an option. I am running IOS 12.2.17 SXD.
Thanks
Neil
01-27-2009 12:04 PM
Neil,
Is the goal to prevent traffic from Interface A not to get to Interface B? If so, you could isolate interface B and all other interfaces that need to communicate with it by putting them all in a VRF.
Regards
01-27-2009 01:24 PM
Neil,
Both routers has to be (Pim Dense or Sparse-dense Enabled) in order to be Pim Neighbors.
Another way is to have (Stub Multicasting) Configured to eleminate Pim Neighborship, preventing unnecessary pim dense Messages (Join,Prune ,Graft , Graft Ack).
HTH
Mohamed
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