Pim-dm interface configuration – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Configuring IP Multicast

PIM-DM Interface Configuration

Use the PIM-DM Interface Configuration

page to configure specific interfaces with PIM.

To display the page, click IPv4 Multicast > PIM > Interface Configuration or IPv6 Multicast > PIM

> Interface Configuration in the tree view.

Figure 12-36. PIM Interface Configuration

The PIM Interface Configuration page contains the following fields:

Interface — Select the interface for which data is to be displayed or configured. You must have

configured at least one router interface before configuring or displaying data for a PIM interface,

otherwise an error message is displayed.

Admin Mode — Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down menu to set the administrative status

of PIM for the selected interface. The default is Disable.

Hello Interval — Enter the number of seconds between PIM hello messages transmitted from the

selected interface. The default value is 30. Valid values are 0 to 65535 seconds.

Join Prune Interval — Enter the frequency at which PIM Join/Prune messages are transmitted on this

PIM interface. The valid values are from (0 to 65535). The default value is 60.

BSR Border — Indicates whether this interface is enabled or disables to act as a border for all PIM

bootstrap messages. Bootstrap messages do not cross the BSR border.

DR Priority — The Designated Router priority value. The router with the highest priority value is

elected as the Designated Router. A shared-media such as Ethernet may have multiple PIM-SM

routers connected to it. A single one of these routers, the DR, acts on behalf of directly connected

hosts with respect to the PIM protocol. This field is applicable for PIM-SM only. The valid values are 0

to 2147483647.

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