Terms and Acronyms

• Master PIM instance—The global instance of PIM that is configured at the [edit protocols pim] hierarchy level.
• Multicast domain—The set of VPN Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances associated with interfaces that can send multicast traffic to one another.
• SP-RP—The rendezvous point (RP) for the service provider (this RP is not contained within the VPN).
• VPN-RP—The RP for the VPN (this RP is contained within the VPN).