Configure PIM-sparse mode between Cisco and HP Procurve

This post explains how to configure PIM-sparse mode between a Cisco and HP Procurve environment. In our case, we have the following components:
- Cisco2 (Rendez-vous Point)
- Cisco1 (PIM router)
- HP1 (PIM router and IGMP edge router)

• Configuration

• Cisco2 (RP):

ip multicast-routing
ip pim rp-address 10.10.30.1 (we can filter group here with an ACL)
!
interface Gi1/0/1
 description *** TO Cisco1 ***
 ip address 10.10.20.2 255.255.255.0
 ip pim sparse-mode
!
interface Vlan100
 description *** VLAN Source ***
 ip address 10.10.30.1 255.255.255.0
 ip pim sparse-mode

• Cisco1:

ip multicast-routing
ip pim rp-address 10.10.30.1    
!

interface Gi1/0/1
 description *** TO Cisco2 ***
 ip address 10.10.20.1 255.255.255.0
 ip pim sparse-mode
!

interface Gi1/0/1
 description *** TO HP1 ***
 ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
 ip pim sparse-mode

• HP1:

ip multicast-routing

!

router pim

   enable

   rp-address 10.10.30.1 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 (we can filter group here)

   exit

!

vlan 316

   name "To Cisco1"

   untagged A1

   ip address 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.0

   ip pim-sparse

      ip-addr any

      exit

!

vlan 200

   name "200-RECEIVER"

   untagged A1

   tagged A13-A15,B20,Trk1

   ip address 10.10.40.1 255.255.255.0

   ip igmp

   ip pim-sparse

      ip-addr any

      exit

• Validation

Check PIM neighbors adjacency on HP:

HP1# sho ip pim neighbor

 PIM Neighbors

  IP Address      VLAN Up Time (sec)      Expire Time (sec)
  --------------- ---- ------------------ ------------------
  10.10.10.1      316  2305990            103

The receiver is requesting traffic from the source (IGMP membership report):

HP1# sho ip igmp vlan 200

 IGMP Service Protocol Info

  Total VLANs with IGMP enabled                : 7
  Current count of multicast groups joined     : 1

  IGMP Filter Unknown Multicast: Disabled
  IGMP Filter Unknown Multicast Status: Disabled

  VLAN ID : 200
  VLAN Name : 200-RECEIVER
  IGMP version : 2
  Querier Address [this switch] : 10.10.40.1
  Querier Port :
  Querier UpTime : 129d 3h 48m 43s
  Querier Expiration Time : 0h 0m 58s

  Active Group Addresses Type       Expires         Ports      Reports Queries
  ---------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------- -------
  239.1.1.1              Filter     0h 4m 19s       A1         3       0

HP1# sho ip igmp groups

 IGMP Group Address Information

  VLAN ID Group Address   Expires       UpTime        Last Reporter   | Type
  ------- --------------- ------------- ------------- --------------- + ------
  200     239.1.1.1       0h 3m 27s     0h 2m 4s      10.10.40.2    | Filter

Check mroute on HP and Cisco:

HP1# sho ip pim mroute

 IP Multicast Route Entries

  Total number of entries : 1

  Group Address   Source Address  Neighbor        VLAN

  --------------- --------------- --------------- ----

  239.1.1.1       10.10.30.2      10.10.10.1      316

Cisco2#show  ip mroute

IP Multicast Routing Table

...

(*, 239.1.1.1), 00:02:43/00:02:46, RP 10.10.30.1, flags: S

  Incoming interface: GigaEthernet1/0/2, RPF nbr 10.10.20.2

  Outgoing interface list:

    GigaEthernet1/0/1, Forward/Sparse, 00:02:43/00:02:46

(10.10.30.1, 239.1.1.1), 00:02:43/00:00:16, flags: T

  Incoming interface: GigaEthernet1/0/2, RPF nbr 10.10.20.2

  Outgoing interface list:

    Port-channel3, Forward/Sparse, 00:02:43/00:02:46