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Protocols and Standards
PIM-related specifications are as follows:
• RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
• RFC 3973: Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification(Revised)
• RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
• Draft-ietf-ssm-overview-05: An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
Configuring PIM
Configuration Prerequisites
Before configuring PIM, you need to configure a unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain
are interoperable at the network layer.
Configuration Overview
Configuring PIM-DM
Perform the tasks in Table 2 to configure PIM-DM.
Table 2 PIM-DM configuration task list
Task Remarks
Globally enabling multicast routing
Required
Globally enable multicast routing after selecting Network >
Routing Management > Multicast Routing. For more
information, see Multicast Routing Configuration in the Firewall
Web Configuration Manual.
By default, multicast routing is globally disabled.
Configuring PIM Interfaces
Required
Enable PIM-DM on an interface.
By default, PIM is disabled on an interface.
Displaying PIM Neighbor Information Optional
Configuring PIM-SM
Perform the tasks in Table 3 to configure PIM-SM.