[c-nsp] MVPN vs. plain-old-multicast

[Pete Lumbis]

If you don't need segmentation I don't see the benefit of moving to mVPN.
Only consider if you think there will be segmentation needs in the future.

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Jason Lixfeld <jason at lixfeld.ca> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We’ve got an A9K MPLS core that we do all sorts of fun stuff on, including
> LSM.  Yay for a PIM-free core!
>
> We’ve also got a whack of ME3600 PEs in ring that hang off of the A9Ks.
> Also fully MPLS enabled; all L3 ME3600 and A9K core.  While looking to
> bring multicast out to these ME3600 PEs, which don’t support LSM, we’re
> faced with whether or not we deploy MVPN or just plain-old-multicast.  In
> our particular deployment, multicast receivers, which we own and control,
> would be hanging off of our ME3600 PEs.  As such, all sources (behind the
> LSM core) and all receivers would all be in the same VRF.
>
> In order to do MVPN, we’d have to enable PIM between the ME3600s and the
> A9Ks anyway, so since this is all in a common VRF, is there really any
> benefit to doing MVPN?
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight.
>
>
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