Configuring the ssm group range, Configuring pim common features – H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F1000-E User Manual

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To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enable IP multicast routing

multicast routing-enable

Required
Disable by default

Enter interface view

interface interface-type

interface-number

Enable PIM-SM

pim sm

Required
Disabled by default

NOTE:

For more information about the multicast routing-enable command, see

Multicast Routing and

Forwarding Commands in the IP Multicast Volume.

Configuring the SSM Group Range

As for whether the information from a multicast source is delivered to the receivers based on the PIM-SSM
model or the PIM-SM model, this depends on whether the group address in the (S, G) channel subscribed

by the receivers falls in the SSM group range. All PIM-SM-enabled interfaces assume that multicast

groups within this address range are using the PIM-SSM model.
Perform the following configuration on all routers in the PIM-SM domain.
Follow these steps to configure an SSM multicast group range:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter public network PIM view

pim

Configure the SSM group range

ssm-policy acl-number

Optional
232.0.0.0/8 by default

CAUTION:

Make sure that the same SSM group range is configured on all routers in the entire domain.
Otherwise, multicast information cannot be delivered through the SSM model.

When a member of a multicast group in the SSM group range sends an IGMPv1 or IGMPv2
report message, the device does not trigger a (*, G) join.

Configuring PIM Common Features

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