H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Multicast
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 5 PIM Configuration
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 Note:
Typically, you need to configure the above-mentioned parameters on the receiver-side
DR and the RP only. Since both the DR and RP are elected, however, you should carry
out these configurations on the routers that may win the DR election and on the C-RPs
that may win RP elections.
5.4 Configuring PIM-SSM
 Note:
The PIM-SSM model needs the support of IGMPv3. Therefore, be sure to enable
IGMPv3 on PIM routers with multicast receivers.
5.4.1 PIM-SSM Configuration Task List
Complete these tasks to configure PIM-SSM:
Task Remarks
Enabling PIM-SM
Required
Configuring the SSM Group Range
Optional
Configuring PIM Common Information Optional
5.4.2 Configuration Prerequisites
Before configuring PIM-SSM, complete the following task:
z Configure any unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are
interoperable at the network layer.
Before configuring PIM-SSM, prepare the following data:
z The SSM group range
5.4.3 Enabling PIM-SM
The SSM model is implemented based on some subsets of PIM-SM. Therefore, a
router is PIM-SSM capable after you enable PIM-SM on it.