OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

The OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live feature delivers multicast streams over non overlapping paths to various
applications. The multicast traffic is split into multiple streams at the beginning of a protected network. All
streams flow over non overlapping paths so that when a link failure occurs on one path, multicast traffic is
still delivered through other paths. All streams are merged back at the end of the protected network. This
module describes how to configure the OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live feature.

• Finding Feature Information, page 1

• Information About OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live, page 1
• How to Configure OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live, page 3
• Configuration Examples for OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live, page 6
• Additional References for OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live, page 7
• Feature Information for OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live, page 8

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest caveats and
feature information, see Bug Search Tool and the release notes for your platform and software release. To
find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each
feature is supported, see the feature information table at the end of this module.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support.
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Information About OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

Overview of OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

Many new applications driving the growth of networking market are multicast based. Applications such as
Internet Protocol television (IPTV) are typically associated with simultaneously delivering massive amount
of sensitive data streams to large audiences. Packet drop is a critical issue in multimedia traffic. There is a

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demand to reduce multicast traffic loss to the range of milliseconds or to zero packet loss. The zero packet
loss solution for multicast in case of single link failure is also known as live-live.
In a live-live network, multicast streams (typically two flows) form their own reverse path forwarding
(RPF)/shortest path trees (SPT) over diversified physical links, so that failure on one link does not affect
multicast traffic on other link. The existing multi topology technology in Cisco IOS software supports the
multiple multicast topologies.
The OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live feature enables the protocol independent multicast (PIM) to handle multiple
multicast topologies. When a multicast topology is created and enabled on OSPF, IP prefixes on each topology
are injected into topology-based Routing Information Base (RIB). PIM then decides which RIB to use for
RPF lookup.
PIM RPF topology is a collection of routes used by PIM to perform the RPF operation when building shared
or source trees. In a multi topology environment, multiple RPF topologies can be created in the same network.
A particular source may be reachable in only one of the topologies or in several of them through different
paths.
To select the RPF topology for a particular multicast distribution tree, consider the following:
1 Configure a policy that maps a group range to a topology. When RPF information needs to be resolved
for the RP or the sources for a group within the range, the RPF lookup takes place in the specified topology.
This can be used for PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)/source-specific multicast (SSM)/Bidirectional(Bidir)
PIM.
2 Configure a policy that maps a source prefix range to a topology. This can be used for PIM-SM and
PIM-SSM.
3 Use the topology identified by the Join Attribute encoding in the received PIM packets.
The PIM Join Attribute extends PIM signaling to identify a topology that should be used when constructing
a particular multicast distribution tree. For more details on the PIM Join Attribute, see PIM Multi-Topology
ID (MT-ID) Join-Attribute IEEE draft.

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How to Configure OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

Configuring OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. ip multicast-routing
4. ip multicast rpf multitopology
5. global-address-family ipv4 multicast
6. topology {topology-A | topology-B}
7. exit
8. interface type number
9. ip address address mask
10. ip pim sparse-dense-mode
11. ip ospf process-id area area-id
12. topology ipv4 multicast topology-name
13. exit
14. router ospf process-id
15. network ip-adddress mask area area-id
16. address-family ipv4 multicast
17. topology topology-name tid topology-id
18. end
19. configure terminal
20. ip multicast topology multicast topology-name tid topology-id
21. ip multicast rpf select topology multicast topology-name access-list number
22. ip access-list extended access-list-number
23. permit ip any ip-adddress
24. end
25. show ip multicast topology multicast topology-name
26. debug ip multicast topology

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DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1 enable Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Example:
Device> enable

Step 2 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Device# configure terminal

Step 3 ip multicast-routing Enables IP multicast routing.

Example:
Device(config)# ip multicast-routing

Step 4 ip multicast rpf multitopology Enables Multi Topology Routing (MTR) support for IP
multicast routing.
Example:
Device(config)# ip multicast rpf multitopology

Step 5 global-address-family ipv4 multicast Enters global address family configuration mode and
configures multi topology routing.
Example:
Device(config)# global-address-family ipv4
multicast

Step 6 topology {topology-A | topology-B} Configures an OSPF process to route IP traffic under the
specified topology instance.
Example:
Device(config-af)# topology live-A

Step 7 exit Exits address family configuration mode and returns to global
configuration mode.
Example:
Device(config-af)# exit

Step 8 interface type number Configures an interface type and enters interface configuration
mode.
Example:
Device(config)# interface Gigabitethernet 1/0

Step 9 ip address address mask Sets a primary or secondary IP address for an interface.

Example:
Device(config-if)# ip address 192.108.1.27
255.255.255.0

Step 10 ip pim sparse-dense-mode Enables PIM on an interface and treats the interface in either
sparse mode or dense mode of operation, depending on which
Example: mode the multicast group operates in.
Device(config-if)# ip pim sparse-dense-mode

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Command or Action Purpose

Step 11 ip ospf process-id area area-id Enables OSPFv2 on an interface.

Example:
Device(config-if)# ip ospf 10 area 0

Step 12 topology ipv4 multicast topology-name Configures a multi topology instance on an interface.

Example:
Device(config-if)# topology ipv4 multicast
live-A

Step 13 exit Exits interface configuration mode and enters global

configuration mode.
Example: • Repeat Steps 9 to 12 to configure the next topology
Device(config-if)# exit
(topology ipv4 multicast live-B).

Step 14 router ospf process-id Enables OSPF routing and enters router configuration mode.

Example:
Device(config)# router ospf 102

Step 15 network ip-adddress mask area area-id Defines an interface on which OSPF runs and defines the area
ID for that interface.
Example:
Device(config-router)# network 192.168.129.16
0.0.0.3 area 20

Step 16 address-family ipv4 multicast Enters router address family configuration mode and
configures OSPF to exchange IPv4 multicast prefixes.
Example:
Device(config-router)# address-family ipv4
multicast

Step 17 topology topology-name tid topology-id Configures an OSPF process to route IP traffic under the
specified topology instance.
Example: • Repeat this step to configure the OSPF process to route
Device(config-router-af)# topology live-A tid
100 IP traffic under another topology instance (topology
live-B tid 200).

Step 18 end Exits router address family configuration mode and returns
to privileged EXEC mode.
Example:
Device(config-router-af)# end

Step 19 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.

Example:
Device# configure terminal

Step 20 ip multicast topology multicast topology-name tid Configures topology selection for the multicast streams.
topology-id

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Command or Action Purpose

• Repeat this step to configure another topology (ip
Example: multicast topology multicast live-B tid 200).
Device(config)# ip multicast topology
multicast live-A tid 100

Step 21 ip multicast rpf select topology multicast Associates a multicast topology with a multicast group with
topology-name access-list number a specific route entry.
• Repeat this step to associate the topology with another
Example: multicast group (ip multicast rpf select topology
Device(config)# ip multicast rpf select
topology multicast topology live-A 111 multicast live-B 122).

Step 22 ip access-list extended access-list-number Defines an IP access list to enable filtering for packets with
IP helper-address destinations and enters extended named
Example: access list configuration mode.
Device(config)# ip access-list extended 111

Step 23 permit ip any ip-adddress Sets condition to allow a packet to pass a named IP access
list.
Example: • Repeat Steps 22 and 23 to define another IP access list
Device(config-ext-nacl)# permit ip any
203.0.113.1 and to set conditions to allow a packet to pass another
named IP access list.

Step 24 end Exits extended named access list configuration mode and
enters privileged EXEC mode.
Example:
Device(config-ext-nacl)# end

Step 25 show ip multicast topology multicast topology-name Displays topology information for multicast streams.

Example:
Device# show ip multicast topology multicast
live-A

Step 26 debug ip multicast topology Enables debugging output for multicast stream topology.

Example:
Device# debug ip multicast topology

Configuration Examples for OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

Example: Configuring OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

ip multicast-routing
!
ip multicast rpf multitopology

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!
global-address-family ipv4 multicast
topology live-A
topology live-B

int gigabitethernet 1/0

ip address 192.0.2.1 255.255.255.0
ip pim sparse-dense-mode
ip ospf 10 area 20
topology ipv4 multicast live-A
!
int gigabitethernet 2/0
ip address 192.0.2.2 255.255.255.0
ip pim sparse-dense-mode
ip ospf 11 area 21
topology ipv4 multicast live-B
!
router ospf 1
network 192.168.129.16 0.0.0.3 area 20
address-family ipv4 multicast
!!
topology live-A tid 10
topology live-B tid 20
!
!!
ip multicast topology multicast live-A tid 100
ip multicast topology multicast live-B tid 200
!
!!
ip multicast rpf select topology multicast live-A 111
ip multicast rpf select topology multicast live-B 122

!
ip access-list extended 111
permit ip any 203.0.113.254

ip access-list extended 122

permit ip any 203.0.113.251

Additional References for OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

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Feature Information for OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This
table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release
train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.
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Table 1: Feature Information for OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live

Feature Name Releases Feature Information

OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live 15.4(2)T The OSPFv2-OSPF Live-Live
feature delivers multicast streams
over non overlapping paths to
various applications. The multicast
traffic is split into multiple streams
at the beginning of a protected
network. All streams flow over non
overlapping paths so that when a
link failure occurs on one path,
multicast traffic is still delivered
through other paths. All streams
are merged back at the end of the
protected network.
No commands were introduced or
modified.

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