Enable MVPN for a VRF

Use this procedure to enable MVPN for a particular VRF. IP Multicast over Fabric Connect, constrains multicast streams of senders to all receivers in the same Layer 3 VSN. MVPN functionality is disabled by default.

Note

Note

VLAN level configuration is also required to turn on the service on each VLAN within the VRF on which this services is required. You can turn it on under the VLAN context or the brouter context.

Before you begin

  • You must enable IP Multicast over Fabric Connect globally.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > IP.
  2. Select IP-MVPN.
  3. Select the MVPN tab.
  4. Double-click in the Enable field in the table.
  5. Select Enable from the drop down menu.
  6. Double-click in the FwdCacheTimeout field in the table, and then type the VRF timeout value.
  7. Select Apply.

MVPN Field Descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the MVPN tab.

Name

Description

VrfId

Specifies the VRF ID.

Enable

Enables Layer 3 VSN IP Multicast over Fabric Connect services for a particular VRF. The default is disabled.

FwdCacheTimeout

Specifies the VRF timeout value. The timeout value ages out the sender when there is no multicast stream on the VRF. The default is 210 seconds..