Reference v4.1.0 Instruction Manual

Network OS Command Reference 389

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ip pim-sparse

Enables or disables Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode on a physical or a VE interface.

Synopsis ip pim-sparse

no ip pim-sparse

Operands None

Defaults Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) is not enabled on an interface.

Command Modes Interface configuration mode

Router interface configuration mode

Description Use this command to enable or disable Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode on a physical

or a VE interface.

Usage Guidelines Enter no ip pim-sparse to disable this feature.

Examples Enabling sparse PIM on an interface

switch(conf-if-ext-0/15)# ip pim-sparse