1 Networking Requirements
2 Procedure
- 2.1 Host A (Source)
- 2.2 Host B (Receiver)
- 2.3 PICA8 Switch
3 Verify the Configuration
4 Verify End to End Connectivity between Host A and Host B

Networking Requirements

As shown in Figure 1, Host B wants to receive multicast data from Host A (Source) through the Pica8 Switch.

Figure1. User Configuration Topology of PIM-SM

Follow the configuration roadmap below to complete the configuration on PICA8 Switch.

Create the L3 VLAN interfaces.
Enable IGMP on the L3 VLAN interfaces.
Enable PIM-SM on L3 VLAN interfaces.

Procedure

Host A (Source)

• Add route on Host A to reach Host B.

For example, use the following command on Linux system,

sudo route add default gw 10.10.60.10 eth1

• Run iPerf on Host A.

Host B (Receiver)

• Add route on Host B to reach Host A.

For example, use the following command on Linux system,

sudo route add default gw 10.10.61.10 eth1

• Run iPerf on Host B.

PICA8 Switch

Step1 Create the L3 VLAN interfaces and assign VLAN to ports.

admin@Xorplus# set vlans vlan-id 2 l3-interface vlan2
admin@Xorplus# set l3-interface vlan-interface vlan2 address 10.10.60.10 prefix-length 24
admin@Xorplus# set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/2 family ethernet-switching native-vlan-id 2
admin@Xorplus# set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/2 family ethernet-switching port-mode trunk
admin@Xorplus# set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/2 family ethernet-switching vlan members 3
admin@Xorplus# set vlans vlan-id 3 l3-interface vlan3
admin@Xorplus# set l3-interface vlan-interface vlan3 address 10.10.61.10 prefix-length 24
admin@Xorplus# set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/3 family ethernet-switching native-vlan-id 3
admin@Xorplus# set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/3 family ethernet-switching port-mode trunk
admin@Xorplus# set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/3 family ethernet-switching vlan members 2

Step2 Enable IP routing.

admin@Xorplus# set ip routing enable true

Step3 Enable IGMP on the L3 VLAN interfaces.

admin@Xorplus# set protocols igmp interface vlan2
admin@Xorplus# set protocols igmp interface vlan3

Step4 Enable PIM on the L3 VLAN interfaces and assign the group ID.

Step5 Configure the log level.

Step6 Commit the configurations.

Verify the Configuration

• Run the run show igmp interface command to check the IGMP interface configuration.

• Run the run show pim interface command to check the PIM configuration and status.

• • Run the run show l3-interface brief command to check the VLAN interface configuration.

• Run the run show igmp group command to show information about multicast group member ports.

Verify End to End Connectivity between Host A and Host B

• Connectivity between Host A and Host B.

• IPerf result from Host A to Host B.

• IPerf result from Host B to Host A.

PICOS-4.5_Configuration_Guide

Example for Configuring Basic PIM-SM

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