Check Your Work

To verify correct operation of basic multicast over a Layer 3 VPN, use the following commands:

• show pim
• show pim rps
• show pim rps instance instance-name
• show pim join
• show pim join extensive
• show pim join extensive instance instance-name
• show multicast route extensive
• show multicast next-hops
• show interfaces mt-x/y/z extensive

The following sections show the output of these commands used with the configuration example:

• RP Information
• PIM Information Prior to Multicast Transmission
• Successful PIM Join Verification