3Com Switch 8800 Family Configuration Guide

PIM-SM Configuration 465
network robustness and enhances the operation and management capability of
multicast network.
PIM-SM Configuration
1 PIM-SM basic configuration includes:
■ Enabling Multicast
■ Enabling PIM-SM
■ Entering the PIM view
■ Configuring candidate-BSRs
■ Configuring candidate-RPs
■ Configuring static RP
2 PIM-SM advanced configuration includes:
■ Configuring the PIM-SM domain boundary
■ Configuring the sending interval for the Hello packets of the interface
■ Configuring the filtering of multicast source/group
■ Configuring the filtering of PIM neighbor
■ Configuring the maximum number of PIM neighbor on an interface
■ Configuring RP to filter the register messages
■ Limiting the range of legal BSR
■ Limiting the range of legal C-RP
■ Clearing multicast route entries from PIM routing table
■ Clearing PIM neighbor
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CAUTION: At least one router in an entire PIM-SM domain should be configured
with C-RPs and C-BSRs.
Enabling Multicast Refer to “Enabling Multicast Routing” “Enabling Multicast Routing”.
Enabling PIM-SM This configuration can be effective only after multicast is enabled.
Perform the following configuration in interface view.
Repeat this configuration to enable PIM-SM on other interfaces. Only one
multicast routing protocol can be enabled on an interface at a time.
Once enabled PIM-SM on an interface, PIM-DM cannot be enabled on the same
interface and vice versa.
Tab le 456 Enable PIM-SM
Operation Command
Enable PIM-SM on an interface pim sm
Disable PIM-SM on an interface undo pim sm