Configuring pim common features, Pim common feature configuration task list, Configuration prerequisites – H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches User Manual

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Step

Command

Remarks

2.

Enter public network PIM view
or VPN instance PIM view.

pim [ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ]

N/A

3.

Configure the SSM group
range.

ssm-policy acl-number

Optional.
232.0.0.0/8 by default.

Configuring PIM common features

For the functions or parameters that can be configured in both PIM view and interface view described in
this section:

In PIM view, the configuration takes effect on all interfaces. In interface view, the configuration takes
effect on only the current interface.

If the same function or parameter is configured in both PIM view and interface view, the
configuration in interface view has preference over the configuration in PIM view, regardless of the

configuration sequence.

PIM common feature configuration task list

Task

Remarks

Configuring a multicast data filter

Optional.

Configuring a hello message filter

Optional.

Configuring PIM hello options

Optional.

Configuring the prune delay

Optional.

Configuring PIM common timers

Optional.

Configuring join/prune message sizes

Optional.

Configuring BFD for PIM

Optional.

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure PIM common features, complete the following tasks:

Configure any unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
network layer.

Configure PIM-DM, or PIM-SM, or PIM-SSM.

Determine the ACL rule for filtering multicast data.

Determine the ACL rule defining a legal source address range for hello messages.

Determine the priority for DR election (global value/interface level value).

Determine the PIM neighbor timeout time (global value/interface value).

Determine the prune message delay (global value/interface level value).

Determine the prune override interval (global value/interface level value).

Determine the prune delay.

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