Choose Policies→Multicast→Ingress Multicast Path Management from the NFM-P main menu. The Ingress Path Management Policies form opens.

Click Create→Multicast Info Policy or select an existing policy and click Properties. The Multicast Info Policy (Create|Edit) form opens.

Configure the parameters as required.

Click on the Bundles tab and click Create. The Info Policy Bundle, Multicast Info Policy (Create) form opens.

Configure the parameters as required.

Click on the Video Defaults tab.

Configure the parameters as required.

Configure the stream selection parameters, if enabled for the video group.

Note: Stream selection parameters are only available if you are performing the configuration on a local policy definition. After the changes are applied to the local policy, the policy can be switched back to Sync With Global mode and the local changes made to the policy are retained. See Chapter 49, Policies overview for information on policy distribution modes.

Proceed as follows:

1. Enter a unicast IPv4 address for the Source Address parameter.

2. Click Select to choose a primary access interface and click OK.

3. Click Select to choose a secondary access interface and click OK.

   The primary Interface and secondary Interface must be different.

Configure VQM if the Analyzer parameter in the VQM panel is enabled for the video group.

1. Configure the Description parameter.

2. Click on the VQM Config tab.

3. Configure the parameters as required.

Click on the Tunnel Interfaces tab.

Click Select to choose a Multicast Path Management Bundle and click OK.

Click Select to choose an LDP Tunnel Interface and click OK.

Configure the Ingress LER parameter.

You can configure either the P2MP LSP Name parameter or the P2MP ID for LDP parameter.

The Ingress LER parameter is automatically configured when the P2MP ID for LDP parameter is configured.

Click on the Channels tab and click Create.The Info Policy Channel Range, Info Policy Bundle (Create) form opens.

Configure the parameters as required.

The 7450 ESS does not support channel ranges and channel overrides having IPv6 addresses. Therefore, the NFM-P does not allow the creation of such channel ranges and channel overrides on local Ingress Multicast Info policies. In addition, the NFM-P removes any such channel ranges and channel overrides when synchronizing local Info policies with their respective global policies.

Click on the Video tab.

Configure the parameters as required.

Note: If the Stream Selection parameter is enabled for the video group, repeat Step 8 .

If the Analyzer parameter in the VQM panel is enabled for the video group, repeat Step 9 .

Click on the Tunnel Interfaces tab and repeat Step 11 to Step 13 if required.

Click on the Channel Override tab and click Create to specify overrides for explicit channels within the Channel Range. The Info Policy Channel Override (Create) form opens.

Configure the parameters as required.

Save the changes.

Click on the Video tab.

Configure the parameters as required.

Note: If the Stream Selection parameter is enabled for the video group, repeat Step 8 .

If the Analyzer parameter in the VQM panel is enabled for the video group, repeat Step 9 .

Click on the Tunnel Interfaces tab and repeat Step 11 to Step 13 if required.

Click on the Video Interfaces tab and click Create if you need to configure a video interface. The Multicast Video Interface (Create) form opens.

Note: If you are configuring a video interface you must perform the configuration in the local policy definition. After the changes are applied to the local policy, the policy can be switched back to Sync With Global mode and the local changes made to the video interface are retained. See Chapter 49, Policies overview for information on policy distribution modes. See Chapter 35, ISA-Video for more information about IPTV video features and configuration.

Configure the Address parameter.

Click on the Channel Config tab and select a channel and click Properties. The Multicast Video Interface Channel Config (Create) form opens.

Configure the parameters as required.

Save the changes. The configured channels are displayed.

Repeat Step 27 to Step 29 to configure additional channels, if required.

Save your changes. The Multicast Info Policy (Create|Edit) form reappears.

Click Distribute to manually release and distribute the policy locally to devices in the ring. See To release and distribute a policy for additional information. Policies are also automatically distributed to devices when they are used by resources on the device.

You can view information on VPLS sites (regular sites and I-Sites), VPRN sites, and Default Routing Instances affected by the Multicast Info Policy by clicking the appropriate tab. Run a search and view the properties for the desired item.

Click Search to display the newly created policy or policies in the bottom panel of the form.

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