User guide

Configuring PIM Quick Steps for Configuring IPv6 PIM-DM

OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide March 2015 page 7-33

Quick Steps for Configuring IPv6 PIM-DM

Note. PIM requires that IP Multicast Switching (IPMS) is enabled. IPMS is automatically enabled when a

multicast routing protocol (either PIM or DVMRP) is enabled globally and on an interface and when the

operational status of the interface is up. However, if you wish to manually enable IPMS on the switch, use

the ip multicast admin-state command.

1 Manually load PIM into memory by entering the following command:

-> ip load pim

2 Create an IPv6 router interface on an existing VLAN by specifying a valid IPv6 address. To do this,

use the ipv6 interface command. For example:

-> ipv6 interface vlan 1

-> ipv6 address 4132:86::19A/64 vlan 1

3 Enable PIM on the IPv6 interface using the ipv6 pim interface command. For example:

-> ipv6 pim interface vlan-1

Note. The IPv6 interface on which the PIM is enabled must already exist in the switch configuration.

4 Map the IPv6 PIM-Dense Mode (DM) protocol for a multicast group via the ipv6 pim dense group

command. For example:

-> ipv6 pim dense group ff0e::1234/128

5 Globally enable the IPv6 PIM protocol by entering the following command.

-> ipv6 pim dense admin-state enable

6 Save your changes to the Working directory’s boot.cfg file by entering the following command:

-> write memory

Note. Optional. To verify IPv6 PIM interface status, enter the show ipv6 pim interface command. The

display is similar to the one shown below:

-> show ipv6 pim interface

Interface Name Designated Hello Join/Prune Oper

Router Interval Interval Status

--------------------+--------------------------+--------+----------+---------

vlan-5 fe80::2d0:95ff:feac:a537 30 60 enabled

vlan-30 fe80::2d0:95ff:feac:a537 30 60 disabled

vlan-40 fe80::2d0:95ff:fee2:6eec 30 60 enabled

To verify global IPv6 PIM status, enter the show ipv6 pim sparse or show ipv6 pim dense command.

The display for sparse mode is similar to the one shown below: