Configuring the PIM virtual neighbor

Configure a PIM virtual neighbor if the next hop for a static route cannot run PIM, such as the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) address on an adjacent device.

Procedure

Enter Global Configuration mode:

enable

configure terminal
Configure the PIM virtual neighbor:

ip pim virtual-neighbor <A.B.C.D> <A.B.C.D>

Example

Configure the PIM virtual neighbor:

Switch:1(config)#ip pim virtual-neighbor 192.0.2.0 198.51.100.0

Variable definitions

Use the definitions in the following table to use the ip pim virtual-neighbor command.


Variable	Value
{A.B.C.D} {A.B.C.D}	The first IP address indicates the IP address of the selected interface. The second IP address indicates the IP address of the neighbor.