Enable Pim-Sm; Related Configuration Tasks - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

3. Enable PIM-SM on an interface. See page 758.

Related Configuration Tasks

• Configurable S,G Expiry Timers on page 759
• Configure a Static Rendezvous Point on page 760
• Elect an RP using the BSR Mechanism on page 762
• Configure a Designated Router on page 763
• Create Multicast Boundaries and Domains on page 763
• Set a Threshold for Switching to the SPT on page 764
• PIM-SM Graceful Restart on page 764
• First Packet Forwarding for Lossless Multicast on page 765
• Monitoring PIM on page 766

Enable PIM-SM

You must enable PIM-SM on each participating interface:
IP Version Task
IPv4 Enable PIM-Sparse Mode on an interface.
IPv6 Enable PIM-Sparse Mode on an interface.
Display which interfaces are enabled with PIM-SM using the command
EXEC Privilege mode, as shown in
Figure 34-1. Viewing PIM-SM Enabled Interfaces
FTOS#show ip pim interface
Address
189.87.5.6
189.87.3.2
189.87.31.6
189.87.50.6
FTOS#
Note: You can influence the selection of the Rendezvous Point by enabling PIM-Sparse Mode on a
loopback interface and assigning a low IP address.
Display PIM neighbors for each interface using the command
Privilege mode, as shown in
758 | PIM Sparse-Mode
Figure 34-1.
Interface VIFindex Ver/
Mode
Gi 4/11 0x2 v2/S
Gi 4/12 0x3 v2/S
Gi 7/11 0x0 v2/S
Gi 7/13 0x4 v2/S
Figure 34-2.
Command
ip pim sparse-mode
ipv6 pim sparse-mode
show
Nbr Query DR DR
Count Intvl Prio
1 30 1 127.87.5.6
1 30 1 127.87.3.5
0 30 1 127.87.31.6
1 30 1 127.87.50.6
show ip | ipv6
[
Command Mode
INTERFACE
INTERFACE
ip | ipv6 pim interface
[ ] from
pim neighbor
] from EXEC