New and Changed Multicast Features

This chapter lists all the features that have been added or modified in this guide. The table also contains references to these feature documentation sections.

Multicast Features Added or Modified in IOS XR Release 7.10.x

Table 1. New and Changed Features
Feature Description Changed in Release Where Documented

Dynamic SSM Translation

With Dynamic Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) Translation, the router with BGP C-multicast routing, will now be able to avoid or prevent sending duplicate packets from the RP-PE (Rendezvous Point–Provider Edge) to all receiver PE nodes.

This feature reduces the consumption of hardware resources by not programming (*, G) entries in the forwarding tables, and also avoids sending duplicate packets on PE nodes and eases debugging.

Release 7.10.1

Implementing Layer-3 Multicast Routing on Cisco IOS XR Software