Pim-ssm configuration task list, Configuration prerequisites, Enabling pim-sm – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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PIM-SSM configuration task list

Complete these tasks to configure PIM-SSM:

Task

Remarks

Enabling PIM-SM

Required

Configuring the SSM group range

Optional

Configuring PIM common features

Optional

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure PIM-SSM, complete the following tasks:

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

network layer

Determine the SSM group range

Enabling PIM-SM

The implementation of the SSM model is based on some subsets of PIM-SM. Therefore, you must enable

PIM-SM before configuring PIM-SSM.
When deploying a PIM-SSM domain, enable PIM-SM on non-border interfaces of the routers.

Enabling PIM-SM globally on the public network

Follow these steps to enable PIM-SM globally on the public network:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enable IP multicast routing

multicast routing-enable

Required
Disabled by default.

Enter interface view

interface interface-type
interface-number

Enable PIM-SM

pim sm

Required
Disabled by default.

Enabling PIM-SM in a VPN instance

Follow these steps to enable PIM-SM in a VPN instance:

To do...

Use the command...

Description

Enter system view

system-view

Create a VPN instance and enter
VPN instance view

ip vpn-instance vpn-instance-name

Configure an RD for the VPN
instance

route-distinguisher
route-distinguisher

Required
No RD is configured by default.

Enable IP multicast routing

multicast routing-enable

Required
Disabled by default

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