Pim Interface Settings; Pim Candidate Bsr Settings - D-Link xStack DGS-3120 Series Reference Manual

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PIM Interface Settings

This window is used to configure the settings for the PIM protocol per IP interface.
To view the following window, click L3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM > PIM for IPv4 > PIM
Interface Settings, as shown below:
Click the Edit button to re-configure the specific entry.
After clicking the Edit button, the following page with be displayed.
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Hello Interval (1-18724)
Join/Prune Interval (1-
18724)
DR Priority (0-
4294967294)
Mode
State
Click the <<Back button to return to the previous window.
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made.

PIM Candidate BSR Settings

Figure 5-107 PIM Interface Settings window
Figure 5-108 PIM Interface Settings – Edit window
Description
This field will set the interval time between the sending of Hello Packets from this IP
interface to neighboring routers one hop away. These Hello packets are used to
discover other PIM enabled routers and state their priority as the Designated Router
(DR) on the PIM enabled network. The user may enter an interval time between 1 and
18724 seconds with a default interval time of 30 seconds.
This field will set the interval time between the sending of Join/Prune packets stating
which multicast groups are to join the PIM enabled network and which are to be
removed or "pruned" from that group. The user may enter an interval time between 1
and 18724 seconds with a default interval time of 60 seconds.
Enter the priority of this IP interface to become the Designated Router for the multiple
access network. The user may enter a DR priority between 0 and 4,294,967,294 with a
default setting of 1.
Use the drop-down menu to select the type of PIM protocol to use, Sparse Mode (SM),
Dense Mode (DM), or Sparse-Dense Mode (SM-DM). The default setting is DM.
Use the drop-down menu to enable or disable PIM for this IP interface. The default is
Disabled.
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