Enables or disables Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode on port channels, physical or VE interfaces.
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) is not enabled on an interface.
Interface subtype configuration mode
PIM must be enabled on the device before enabling PIM-sparse. PIM-sparse can be enabled on interfaces
Enter no ip pim-sparse to disable this feature.
To enable PIM Sparse Mode on a virtual Ethernet (VE) interface:
device(config)# int ve 1 device(config-if-Ve-1)# ip pim-sparse
To enable PIM Sparse Mode on a router port:
device(config)# int eth 1/1 device(config-if-eth-1/1)# ip pim-sparse