PIM-DM (Dense Mode) on the 5300xl Switches 
Configuring PIM-DM on the Series 5300xl Switches 
After configuring the global-level PIM operation on a routing switch, go to the 
device’s VLAN context level for each VLAN you want to include in your 
multicast routing domain. (Refer to
 “PIM VLAN (Interface) Configuration 
Context”, below. 
PIM VLAN (Interface) Configuration Context 
Syntax:  [no] ip pim 
[no] vlan < vid > ip pim 
Enables multicast routing on the VLAN interface to which 
the CLI is currently set. The no form disables PIM on the 
VLAN. Default: Disabled. 
Syntax:  [no] ip pim [ all | < source-ip-address > ] 
[no] vlan < vid > ip pim [ all | < source-ip-address > ] 
In networks using multinetted VLANs, all routers on a given 
VLAN intended to route multicast packets must have a least 
one common subnet on that VLAN. Use this command when 
the VLAN is configured with multiple IP addresses 
(multinetting) to specify the IP address to use as the source 
address for PIM protocol packets outbound on the VLAN. Use 
< ip-address > to designate a single subnet in cases where 
multicast routers on the same multinetted VLAN are not 
configured with identical sets of subnet IP addresses . Use 
< all > if the multinetted VLAN is configured with the same 
set of subnet addresses. (Default: The Primary VLAN.) 
Syntax:  ip pim [ hello-interval < 5 - 30 > ] 
vlan < vid > ip pim [ hello-interval < 5 - 30 >] 
Changes the frequency at which the routing switch 
transmits PIM “Hello” messages on the current VLAN. The 
routing switch uses “Hello” packets to inform neighboring 
routers of its presence. The routing switch also uses this 
setting to compute the Hello Hold Time, which is included in 
Hello packets sent to neighbor routers. Hello Hold Time tells 
neighbor routers how long to wait for the next Hello packet 
from the routing switch. If another packet does not arrive 
within that time, the router removes the neighbor adjacency 
on that VLAN from the routing table, which removes any 
flows running on that interface. Shortening the Hello 
interval reduces the Hello Hold Time. This has the effect of 
changing how quickly other routers will stop sending traffic 
to the routing switch if they do not receive a new Hello packet 
when expected. 
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