A method includes receiving, at a first edge node, an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast address of a first silent host node. The method further includes receiving, at a second edge node, an IP multicast address of a second silent host node. The IP multicast address of the first silent host node is equal to the IP multicast address of the second silent host node. The method further includes storing the IP multicast address of the first and second silent host node in a shared entry of a routing table. The method further includes receiving, at a third edge node, a packet from a third host node and determining that a destination address of the packet corresponds to the IP multicast address stored in the shared entry of the routing table. The method further includes sending the packet to both the first host node and the second host node.