PIM-DM....................................................................................................................................................71
PIM-DM features........................................................................................................................... 71
PIM-DM operation....................................................................................................................................72
Multicast flow management...........................................................................................................73
Initial flood and prune......................................................................................................... 73
Maintaining the prune state................................................................................................ 73
State-refresh packets and bandwidth conservation........................................................... 74
General configuration elements.................................................................................................... 74
Configuring PIM-DM................................................................................................................................ 75
PIM-DM DT.............................................................................................................................................. 75
show distributed-trunking consistency-parameters global .............................. 76
Error Log....................................................................................................................................... 77
Exception............................................................................................................................78
Operating notes....................................................................................................................................... 78
PIM-DM operating rules................................................................................................................ 78
PIM routers without state-refresh messaging capability .......................................................78
Flow capacity................................................................................................................................ 79
IGMP traffic high-priority disabled................................................................................................. 79
ACLs and PIM............................................................................................................................... 79
When to enable IGMP on a VLAN................................................................................................ 79
IP address removed...................................................................................................................... 79
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................... 79
Symptom: Noticeable slowdown in some multicast traffic.............................................................79
Heavy memory usage................................................................................................................... 79
IPv4 table operation...................................................................................................................... 80
Messages related to PIM operation......................................................................................................... 80
Applicable RFCs...................................................................................................................................... 84
Exceptions to Support for RFC 2932 - Multicast Routing MIB................................................................. 85
Chapter 4 PIM-SM (Sparse Mode)................................................................. 86
Configuring router protocol independent multicast (PIM).........................................................................86
Configuring PIM-SM on the router........................................................................................................... 87
Global configuration context for supporting PIM-SM.....................................................................87
Configuring global context commands.......................................................................................... 87
VLAN context commands for configuring PIM-SM...................................................................................89
Enabling or disabling IGMP in a VLAN......................................................................................... 89
Enabling or disabling PIM-SM per-VLAN...................................................................................... 89
Changing the interval for PIM-SM neighbor notification................................................................90
Changing the randomized delay setting for PIM-SM neighbor notification................................... 90
Enabling or disabling lan prune delay........................................................................................... 91
Changing the Lan-prune-delay interval ..................................................................................91
Neighbor timeout...........................................................................................................................92
Changing the DR priority...............................................................................................................92
Configuring PIM-SM support in a VLAN context........................................................................... 92
Router PIM context commands for configuring PIM-SM operation..........................................................92
Configuring a BSR candidate........................................................................................................93
Enabling or disabling a BSR Candidate........................................................................................ 93
Changing the priority setting......................................................................................................... 93
Changing the distribution.............................................................................................................. 94
Changing the message interval.....................................................................................................94
Configuring C-RPs on PIM-SM routers....................................................................................................94
Specifying the source IP VLAN (optionally configuring multicast groups or range of groups)...... 95
Enabling or disabling C-RP operation........................................................................................... 96
Adding or deleting a multicast group address............................................................................... 96
Changing the C-RP hold-time....................................................................................................... 97
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