[c-nsp] send multicast over non-multicast-enabled switch

[victor]

Hi.
I was assigned with a task to set up a video streaming server and use a  
blade server for it. The problem is that the network connectivity module  
for the blade chassis is not dotQ multicast aware and simply drop all the  
224.0.0.0/4 data. What options do I have to get the traffic through? I am  
thinking may be it is possible to encapsulate the stream into gre and then  
safely transport it to the RP? Or may be I can send it as unicast and then  
convert it somehow into multicast? Is there a best practices guide for  
this matter?
The blade runs Linux and over the trunk connected to the RP which is Cisco  
7604.

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