Administrator's Guide v4.1.1 Manual

• A timer mechanism must be available.
• An IGMP module should be available for correct operation of PIM when working as a DR.
PIM standards conformity
The table below lists the level of Brocade conformity for various PIM-related RFCs.
PIM RFCs supported TABLE 92
Standard Level (Y/N/Partial) Notes
RFC 4601 Y PIM-SM Protocol Specification
RFC 3973 N PIM-DM Protocol Specification
RFC 5059 Partial BSR mechanism for PIM supported
RFC 5060 Partial PIM MIB supported
RFC 5240 N BSR MIB
RFC 4610 N Anycast-RP
RFC 3618 N MSDP
PIM limitations
In this release, PIM can be enabled on Brocade VX 6740 and VDX 8770 series platforms only. Also,
only PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) is supported at this time.
Static RP is not supported within the VCS cluster.
All PIM-enabled aggregation layer devices should have a direct Layer 3 connection to RP.
The following PIM features are not supported in this release:
• Non-stop routing (NSR)
• IP version 6
• VRF
• Prefix list
• Configuring the switch as the BSR candidate. However, the switch will be able to receive and
process the BSR messages from other routers.
• Configuring the switch as the RP candidate.
PIM supportability
This release of Network OS includes the following PIM support:
PIM standards conformity
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