Configuring pim-dm, Pim-dm configuration task list, Configuration prerequisites – H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F1000-E User Manual

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Configuring PIM-DM

PIM-DM Configuration Task List

Complete these tasks to configure PIM-DM:

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 configuring PIM-DM, complete the following task:

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

Before configuring PIM-DM, prepare the following data:

The interval between state-refresh messages

Minimum time to wait before receiving a new refresh message

TTL value of state-refresh messages

Graft retry period

Enabling PIM-DM

With PIM-DM enabled, a router sends hello messages periodically to discover PIM neighbors and

processes messages from the PIM neighbors. When deploying a PIM-DM domain, you are

recommended to enable PIM-DM on all non-border interfaces of the routers.
Follow these steps to enable PIM-DM globally on the public network:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enable IP multicast routing

multicast routing-enable

Required
Disable by default

Enter interface view

interface interface-type
interface-number

Enable PIM-DM

pim dm

Required
Disabled by default

CAUTION:

PIM-DM does not work with multicast groups in the SSM group range.

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