Foundry Networks FESX - Displaying Pim Sparse Configuration Information and Statistics

Foundry Configuration Guide for the FESX, FSX, and FWSX
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Displaying PIM Sparse Configuration Information and Statistics
You can display the following PIM Sparse information:
• Basic PIM Sparse configuration information
• Group information
• BSR information
• Candidate RP information
• RP-to-group mappings
• RP information for a PIM Sparse group
• RP set list
• PIM Neighbor information
• The PIM flow cache
• The PIM multicast cache
• PIM traffic statistics
Displaying Basic PIM Sparse Configuration Information
To display basic configuration information for PIM Sparse, enter the following command at any CLI level:
Syntax: show ip pim sparse
This example shows the PIM Sparse configuration information on PIM Sparse router A in Figure 19.3.
This display shows the following information.
This Field... Displays...
Global PIM Sparse mode settings
Hello interval How frequently the Layer 3 Switch sends PIM Sparse hello messages
to its PIM Sparse neighbors. This field show the number of seconds
between hello messages. PIM Sparse routers use hello messages to
discover one another.
FastIron SuperX Router(config-pim-router)# show ip pim sparse
Global PIM Sparse Mode Settings
Hello interval: 60, Neighbor timeout: 180
Bootstrap Msg interval: 130, Candidate-RP Advertisement interval: 60
Join/Prune interval: 60, SPT Threshold: 1
Interface Ethernet e3/8
TTL Threshold: 1, Enabled
Local Address: 207.95.8.1
Interface Ve 1
TTL Threshold: 1, Enabled
Local Address: 207.95.6.1