Wednesday, July 3, 2013

IxNetwork Traffic- How to send multicast traffic

IxNetwork Traffic: Setup Multicast Traffic

Setup information:
Multicast source port: IP=1.1.1.1
Multicast destination port: IP=1.1.1.2, G=224.0.0.1
Traffic (S=1.1.1.1, G=224.0.0.1) 
For   sending multicast traffic ( if multicast routing  is already working) you will need to perform the following:
1. Configure  IGMP  protocol on the Multicast Destination ports
2. Configure the multicast traffic

Configuration steps:
1. Configure  IGMP  protocol on the Multicast Destination ports
Enable IGMP  protocol on the Multicast Destination ports


Make sure that IP addresses are configured properly. The Protocol Interface node button should be green:


Click on IGMP protocol node and go to Hosts tab.
Change the version of IGMP to 3 if necessary and set the number of groups to 1
Assign the connected interface and  check the Enable box


Configure multicast destination port  as IGMP host for multicast address G=224.0.0.1
Click on IGMP tab and go to Group Ranges:
In the Group IP configure the  multicast address and enable.

Start the IGMP protocol from the button: 





















2. Create the multicast traffic:
Chose to add a L2-3 Item. 


On the destination side click on the button  with the cursor on. Select the destination as multicast:

*** Another way to set the traffic stream is to directly select as destination IGMP-> Multicast range. 


***In order for statistics to work properly in case you have more ports as destination for multicast traffic make sure that Merge Destination range is checked
  




2 comments:

  1. just the type of guides I like - simple, clear and to the point :-)

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  2. good one.. very rare to find such guides thanks

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