User guide

Configuring PIM PIM Specifications
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide March 2015 page 7-3
PIM Specifications
Note. Enabling IP multicast routing will enable IP multicast snooping, please see section page 23-2 for
additional supported RFCs.
Platforms supported OmniSwitch 10K, 6900
RFCs supported 2365—Administratively Scoped IP Multicast
4601—Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
Protocol Specification
4007 - IPv6 Scoped IP Multicast
5060 - Protocol Independent Multicast MIB
5132 —IP Multicast MIB
3569—An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
3973—Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
5059—Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for PIM
5240—Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bootstrap Router
MIB
2715—Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing Protocols
PIM-SM version supported PIM-SMv2
PIM attributes supported Shared trees (also referred to as RP trees)
Designated Routers (DRs)
Bootstrap Routers (BSRs)
Candidate Bootstrap Routers (C-BSRs)
Rendezvous Points (RPs) (applicable only for PIM-SM)
Candidate Rendezvous Points (C-RPs)
PIM timers supported C-RP expiry, C-RP holdtime, C-RP advertisement, Join/Prune,
Probe, Register suppression, Hello, Expiry, Assert, Neighbor
liveness
Maximum PIM interfaces 384
Note: Maximum 384 combined Multicast Interfaces between
PIMv4, PIMv6 and DVMRP
Maximum Rendezvous Point (RP) 100
Maximum Bootstrap Routers (BSRs) 1
Multicast Protocols per Interface 1 (PIM and DVMRP cannot be enabled on the same IP interface)
Valid SSM IPv4 Address Ranges 232.0.0.0 to 232.255.255.255
Valid SSM IPv6 Address Ranges FF3x::/32
License Requirements Advanced License required on OmniSwitch 6900 only.