System Requirements for Dual PIM Multicast VPNs: Draft Rosen

• Junos OS Release 8.2 or later for support on MX Series routing platforms.
• Junos OS Release 7.2 or later for MSDP in a Layer 3 VPN.
• Junos OS Release 7.1 or later for multicast distribution trees for data.
• Junos OS Release 6.4 or later for PIM sparse mode graceful restart and configuring a PE router as the VPN C-RP.
• Junos OS Release 5.5 or later for PIM dense mode and logical loopback interfaces.
• Junos OS Release 5.3 or later for PIM sparse mode.
• Any hardware needed in your network to enable your Juniper Networks routers to act as PE routers.
• On M Series and T Series routers, a Tunnel Services PIC for any provider core router acting as an SP-RP.
• On M Series and T Series routers, a Tunnel Services PIC for any PE router where GRE tunneling is needed.
• On M Series and T Series routers, a Tunnel Services PIC for any CE or PE router acting as a DR or VPN C-RP.
• On M Series and T Series routers, a Tunnel Services PIC for GRE tunneling, as specified in Section Two of the IETF Internet draft Multicast in MPLS/BGP VPNs.
• For point-to-multipoint traffic engineering, a Tunnel Services PIC or vrf-tabel-label configuration.