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 multicast interface function on 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.

admin@Xorplus# set protocols pim interface vlan2
admin@Xorplus# set protocols pim interface vlan3
admin@Xorplus# set protocols pim rp 10.10.60.10 group 226.0.0.0/8
admin@Xorplus# set protocols pim rp 10.10.61.10 group 226.0.0.0/8

Step5 Configure the log level.

admin@Xorplus# set protocols pim traceoption trace
admin@Xorplus# set protocols igmp traceoption trace
admin@Xorplus# set system log-level trace

Step6 Commit the configurations.

admin@Xorplus# commit

Verify the Configuration

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

admin@XorPlus# run show igmp interface
Interface    State    Querier         Timeout   Version   Groups 
------------  --------   ---------------      ---------    ---------   --------
vlan2        UP    10.10.60.10       None      2         3    
vlan3        UP    10.10.61.10       None      2         3

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

admin@Xorplus# run show pim interface
Interface    State      Mode     V   PIMstate   Priority   DRaddr       Neighbors
----------     --------      ------      -   --------     --------   ---------------     ---------
vlan2        UP         Sparse   2   DR         1       10.10.60.10       0     
vlan3        UP         Sparse   2   DR         1       10.10.61.10       0

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

admin@XorPlus# run show l3-interface brief
Interface    Vlan ID     Status        Addr
---------      -------      ------       ------------------
loopback     4095       UP        fe80::4a6e:73ff:102:49a/64
vlan2        2          UP    10.10.60.10/24
                         fe80::4a6e:73ff:202:49a/64
vlan3        3          UP    10.10.61.10/24
                         fe80::4a6e:73ff:302:49a/64

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

admin@XorPlus# run show igmp groups
Interface    Group           Source          LastReported Timeout V State
------------ --------------- --------------- ------------ ------- - -------
vlan2        224.0.0.2       0.0.0.0         10.10.60.10  167     2 Exclude
vlan2        224.0.0.13      0.0.0.0         10.10.60.10  167     2 Exclude
vlan2        224.0.0.22      0.0.0.0         10.10.60.10  165     2 Exclude
vlan2        226.94.1.1      0.0.0.0         10.10.60.11  258     2 Exclude
vlan3        224.0.0.2       0.0.0.0         10.10.61.10  166     2 Exclude
vlan3        224.0.0.13      0.0.0.0         10.10.61.10  162     2 Exclude
vlan3        224.0.0.22      0.0.0.0         10.10.61.10  162     2 Exclude
 
admin@XorPlus# run show igmp groups
Interface    Group           Source          LastReported Timeout V State
------------ --------------- --------------- ------------ ------- - -------
vlan2        224.0.0.2       0.0.0.0         10.10.60.10  152     2 Exclude
vlan2        224.0.0.13      0.0.0.0         10.10.60.10  152     2 Exclude
vlan2        224.0.0.22      0.0.0.0         10.10.60.10  150     2 Exclude
vlan3        224.0.0.2       0.0.0.0         10.10.61.10  151     2 Exclude
vlan3        224.0.0.13      0.0.0.0         10.10.61.10  147     2 Exclude
vlan3        224.0.0.22      0.0.0.0         10.10.61.10  147     2 Exclude
vlan3        226.94.1.1      0.0.0.0         10.10.61.11  251     2 Exclude

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-4.0_Configuration_Guide

Example for Configuring Basic PIM-SM