Dell Force10 S4810P - Enable PIM-SM

780 | PIM Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM)
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Enable PIM-SM
You must enable PIM-SM on each participating interface:
Display which interfaces are enabled with PIM-SM using the command
show ip pim interface from EXEC
Privilege mode, as shown in Figure 35-1.
Figure 35-1. Viewing PIM-SM Enabled Interfaces
Display PIM neighbors for each interface using the command show ip pim neighbor from EXEC Privilege
mode, as shown in Figure 35-2.
Figure 35-2. Viewing PIM Neighbors Command Example
Display the PIM routing table using the command show ip pim tib from EXEC privilege mode, as shown in
Figure 35-3.
Step Task Command Command Mode
1 Enable multicast routing on the system.
ip multicast-routing
CONFIGURATION
2
Enable PIM-Sparse Mode
ip pim sparse-mode
INTERFACE
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.
FTOS#show ip pim interface
Address Interface VIFindex Ver/ Nbr Query DR DR
Mode Count Intvl Prio
189.87.5.6 Gi 4/11 0x2 v2/S 1 30 1 127.87.5.6
189.87.3.2 Gi 4/12 0x3 v2/S 1 30 1 127.87.3.5
189.87.31.6 Gi 7/11 0x0 v2/S 0 30 1 127.87.31.6
189.87.50.6 Gi 7/13 0x4 v2/S 1 30 1 127.87.50.6
FTOS#
FTOS#show ip pim neighbor
Neighbor Interface Uptime/Expires Ver DR
Address Prio/Mode
127.87.5.5 Gi 4/11 01:44:59/00:01:16 v2 1 / S
127.87.3.5 Gi 4/12 01:45:00/00:01:16 v2 1 / DR
127.87.50.5 Gi 7/13 00:03:08/00:01:37 v2 1 / S
FTOS#