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xStack DES-3800 Series Layer 3 Stackable Fast Ethernet Managed Switch
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PIM-DM Interface Configuration
To view the PIM-DM Table, click Layer 3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM-DM
> PIM-DM Interface Settings. This window allows the PIM-DM to be configured for each IP
interface defined on the Switch. Each IP interface configured on the Switch is displayed in the below
PIM-DM Interface Settings dialog box. To configure PIM-DM for a particular interface, click the
corresponding hyperlink for that IP interface. This will open the PIM-DM Interface Settings
window:
Figure 8- 59. PIM-DM Interface Table
To view the configuration window for a specific entry, click its hyperlinked name, revealing the
following window.
Figure 8- 60. PIM-DM Interface Configuration window
The following fields can be set or viewed:
Parameter Description
Interface Name
Allows the entry of the name of the IP interface for which PIM-DM is to be configured.
This must be a previously defined IP interface.
IP Address
Displays the IP address for the IP interface named above.
Hello Interval (1-
18724)
This field allows an entry of between 1 and 18724 seconds and determines the
interval between sending Hello packets to other routers on the network. The default is
30 seconds.
Join/Prune Interval (1-
18724)
This field allows an entry of between 1 and 18724 seconds. This interval also
determines the time interval the router uses to automatically remove prune
information from a branch of a multicast delivery tree and begin to flood multicast
messages to all branches of that delivery tree. These two actions are equivalent. The
default is 60 seconds.