Configures a PIM This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, 5320, 5420, 5520 series switches. as a border VLAN, which is used to demarcate a PIM domain when using MSDP.
| ipv4 | Configures a PIM timer on IPv4 router interfaces. |
| ipv6 | Configures a PIM timer on IPv6 router interfaces. |
| vlan_name | Specifies a VLAN name. |
| border | Interface is domain border. |
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MSDP is used to connect multiple multicast routing domains. A PIM-SM domain is created by limitingthe reach of PIM BSR advertisements. When a border VLAN is configured, PIM BSR advertisements are not forwarded out of the PIM VLAN.
The following example configures a PIM border on a VLAN called "vlan_border":
configure pim vlan_border border
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
The ipv4 and ipv6 keywords were added giving an option to support this functionality in IPv6 as well in ExtremeXOS 15.3.
This command is available on platforms that support the appropriate license. For complete information about software licensing, including how to obtain and upgrade your license and which licenses support the PIM feature, see the ExtremeXOS User Guide.