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