APPLICATION NOTE

NG MVPN BGP Route Types and Encodings

Examples for Easy Reference

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Table of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Design Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Type 1 Example: Intra-AS I-PMSI AD Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Type 2 Example: Inter-AS I-PMSI AD Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Type 3 Example: S-PMSI AD Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Type 4 Example: Leaf AD Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Type 5 Example: Source Active AD Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Type 6 Example: Shared Tree Join Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Type 7 Example: Source Tree Join Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About Juniper Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Introduction
NG MVPNs use seven types of BGP MVPN routes, five of which are used for autodiscovery and two for C-multicast
protocol information exchange between provider edge (PE) routers. This application note identifies and gives
examples of NG MVPN route types and their encodings.

Scope
This document is for use in the field when configuring and verifying NG MVPNs.

Design Considerations
These examples apply to NG MVPN using the BGP control plane.

NG MVPN BGP Route Types and Encodings

Key
AD autodiscovery MVPN multicast VPN
AS autonomous system NG next generation
ASBR AS border router PE provider edge
C-G customer multicast group address PMSI provider multicast service interface
C-S customer multicast source address RD route distinguisher
C-multicast customer multicast RP rendezvous point
I-PMSI inclusive PMSI S-PMSI selective PMSI

Type 1 Example: Intra-AS I-PMSI AD Route

Originated by all PE routers participating in NG MVPN.

1:10.255.170.100:1:10.255.170.100

Originating Router Loopback Address

Originating Router RD
Route Type

Type 2 Example: Inter-AS I-PMSI AD Route

Originated by all ASBR PE routers.

2:10.255.170.100:1:65000

AS Number of the ASBR

Originating Router RD
Route Type

Type 3 Example: S-PMSI AD Route

Originated by the sender PE router (the sender PE that initiates the S-PMSI).
3:10.255.170.100:1:32:192.168.194.2:32:224.1.2.3:10.255.170.100

Originating Router Loopback Address

C-G Using S-PMSI
C-G Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
C-S Using S-PMSI
C-S Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
Originating Router RD
Route Type

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Type 4 Example: Leaf AD Route

Originated by receiver PE routers in response to receiving S-PMSI AD routes with the “leaf information required” flag
set from the sender PE router.

4:3:10.255.170.100:1:32:192.168.194.2:32:224.1.2.3:10.255.170.100:10.255.170.98

Route Type S-PMSI AD Originating Router

Route Loopback Address

Type 5 Example: Source Active AD Route

Originated by the PE router that discovers an active VPN multicast source.

5:10.255.170.100:1:32:192.168.194.2:32:224.1.2.3

C-G
C-G Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
C-S
C-S Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
Originating Router RD
Route Type

Type 6 Example: Shared Tree Join Route

Originated by the receiver PE router (the PE that receives a (C-*, C-G) join message from a VPN interface).

6:10.255.170.100:1:65000:32:10.12.53.12:32:224.1.2.3

C-G
C-G Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
C-RP Address
C-RP Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
AS Number of Upstream PE (towards C-RP)
RD of Upstream PE (towards C-RP)
Route Type

Type 7 Example: Source Tree Join Route

Originated by the receiver PE router (the PE that receives a local (C-S, C-G) join message or the PE that already has a
Type 6 route and receives a Type 5 route).

7:10.255.170.100:1:65000:32:192.168.194.2:32:224.1.2.3

C-G
C-G Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
C-S
C-S Mask (32 for IPv4; 128 for IPv6)
AS Number of Upstream PE (towards C-S)
RD of Upstream PE (towards C-S)
Route Type

Summary
Juniper Networks® is a leading innovator of NG MVPN solutions. Using Juniper Networks JUNOS® Software to
deploy NG MVPNs, service providers now have a scalable, flexible, more economical approach to implementing
solutions that support numerous emerging NG MVPN applications.

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