PIM Configuration Using EDM

The switch supports two modes of Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM): Sparse Mode (SM) and Source Specific Multicast (SSM).

PIM-SM supports multicast groups spread out across large areas of a company or the Internet.
PIM-SSM optimizes PIM-SM by simplifying the many-to-many model (servers-to-receivers).

Important

The EnableSpbmConfigMode boot flag must be disabled before you can configure PIM or IGMP. To verify the setting, navigate to Configuration > Edit > Chassis and click on the Boot Config tab.

Before you begin

For an IPv4 PIM configuration using EDM:

Configure an IP interface.

For more information, see IP routing configuration using Enterprise Device Manager.
Configure a unicast protocol, for example, Routing Information Protocol (RIP) or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), globally and on the interfaces where you want to configure PIM-SM.

For more information about RIP, see RIP configuration using EDM. For more information about OSPF, see OSPF configuration using EDM.
Enable PIM-SM globally.
Enable PIM-SM on individual interfaces.
Configure one or more rendezvous points (RP) for the groups that multicast applications use in the network.

Important

If you configure the rendezvous point (RP) to be the address of a circuitless IP (CLIP) interface, then you must first configure and enable PIM on the CLIP interface before you can utilize that interface as a candidate RP. To configure a PIM-SM RP for a circuitless IP interface, see Configuring a candidate RP.
Configure one or more bootstrap routers (BSR) to propagate RP information to all switches in the network.

For an IPv6 PIM configuration using EDM:

Configure an IPv6 interface. For more information, see Configure an IPv6 Interface.
Configure an IPv6 unicast protocol, for example, Routing Information Protocol Next Generation (RIPng) or Open Shortest Path First Version 3 (OSPFv3), globally and on the interfaces where you want to configure PIM. For more information about RIPng, see RIPng Configuration using EDM. For more information about OSPFv3, see OSPFv3 Configuration using EDM.
Enable IPv6 PIM-SM globally.
Enable IPv6 PIM-SM on individual interfaces.