Service Manual
Version Description
9.5(0.1) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series for the port-channels and the S-Series.
Usage Information The interface must be enabled (the no shutdown command) and not have the switchport command
congured. Multicast must also be enabled globally (using the ip multicast-lag-hashing
command). PIM is supported on the port-channel interface.
ip pim sparse-mode sg-expiry-timer
Enable expiry timers globally for all sources.
Syntax
ip pim [vrf vrf-name] sparse-mode sg-expiry-timer seconds
To disable congured timers and return to default mode, use the no ip pim [vrf vrf-name]
sparse-mode sg-expiry-timer command.
Parameters
vrf vrf-name (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword vrf followed by the name of the VRF to enable
expiry timer for all sources on that VRF.
NOTE: Applies to specic VRF if input is provided, else applies to Default
VRF.
seconds Enter the number of seconds the S, G entries are retained. The range is from 211 to
65535.
Defaults Disabled. The default expiry timer (with no times congured) is 210 sec.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Added support for VRF. Removed the acl-access-list parameter. Modied the max
value of S, G entry second range from 86400 to 65535. Introduced on the S6000-
ON.
9.5(0.1) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
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