Guidelines And Limitations For Configuring Multicast Extranet; How To Configure Multicast Extranet; Configuring Multicast Extranet - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring Multicast Extranet

• Receiver PE --A PE router that has one or more interested receivers behind a directly connected CE
Figure 20: Components of an Extranet MVPN

Guidelines and Limitations for Configuring Multicast Extranet

The Multicast Extranet feature has the following guidelines and limitations:
• RPF lookup will be performed on the VRF specified by the ip multicast rpf select vrf command. Fallback
• The Multicast Extranet feature is supported only on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches' M3 line cards.
• The number of multicast routes and VRFs that are required determine memory consumption by multicast.
• The source and (rendezvous point) RP should be in the same VRF.
• Static RP is supported for the multicast extranet group range.
• Multicast VPN (MVPN) extranet is not supported on multicast extranet.

How to Configure Multicast Extranet

Configuring Multicast Extranet
To configure multicast extranet, perform these steps.
Before you begin
Ensure that the Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) sparse mode is enabled:
router.
mode is not supported.
Guidelines and Limitations for Configuring Multicast Extranet
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide
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