Huawei quidway s7700 - Ipv6 Multicast Protocols

1.4.2 IPv6 Multicast Protocols
To implement a complete set of IPv6 multicast services, various multicast protocols deployed
in a network need to cooperate with each other, as shown in Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-3 Location of each IPv6 multicast protocol
UserD
Source
Multicast
Server
Receiver
UserB
Receiver
UserC
Receiver
UserA
MLD
PIM
PIM
PIM
MLD
IPv6 Network
Table 1-5 IPv6 multicast protocols
Location
Objectives Multicast Protocol
Between hosts
and multicast
switches
Connecting hosts to a multicast network:
l Implement the dynamic join and
leaving of members at the host side.
l Manage and maintain the member
relationship at the switch side and
exchange information with the upper-
layer multicast routing protocols.
Multicast Listener Discovery
(MLD)
Between
multicast
switches
Multicast routing and forwarding:
l Create multicast routes on demand.
l Dynamically respond to the changes
of the network topology and maintain
the multicast routing table.
l Forward packets according to the
routing table.
PIM-IPv6, including the PIM-
DM and PIM-SM modes
Quidway S7700 Smart Routing Switch
Configuration Guide - Multicast 1 IP Multicast Configuration Guide
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