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Figure 45 Relationships among PIM protocols
For more information about IGMP SSM mapping, see "Configuring IGMP."
Protocols and standards
• RFC 3973, Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification(Revised)
• RFC 4601, Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
• RFC 5059, Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
• RFC 4607, Source-Specific Multicast for IP
• Draft-ietf-ssm-overview-05, An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
Configuring PIM-DM
PIM-DM configuration task list
Task Remarks
Enabling PIM-DM Required
Enabling state-refresh capability Optional
Configuring state-refresh parameters Optional
Configuring PIM-DM graft retry period Optional
Configuring PIM common features Optional
Configuration prerequisites
Before you configure PIM-DM, complete the following tasks:
• Configure any unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
network layer.