Administrator Guide

Enabling PIM-SM Graceful Restart
To enable PIM-SM graceful restart, use the following commands.
● Enable PIM-SM graceful restart (non-stop forwarding capability).
CONFIGURATION mode
ip pim graceful-restart nsf
○ (option) restart-time: the time the Dell Networking system requires to restart. The default value is 180 seconds.
○ (option) stale-entry-time: the maximum amount of time that the Dell Networking system preserves entries from a
restarting neighbor. The default value is 60 seconds.
NOTE:
○ The above command is used to enable NSF capability for the multicast sub-system for both IPv4 and IPv6 multicast
routes that are present on a PIM enabled C9000 device.
686 PIM Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM)