Configure Options on an IPv6 PIM Router

When IPv6 PIM is enabled globally, you can configure several PIM options for the router.
  1. Enter global configuration mode.
    device# configure terminal
  2. Enter router configuration mode for the default VRF.
    device(config)# ipv6 router pim
    device(config-ipv6-router-pim-vrf-default-vrf)#
  3. Run the following commands as needed.

    For more information, including more examples, see the Extreme SLX-OS Command Reference.

    1. Configure a device interface as a rendezvous point (RP).
      rp-address 1234::22
    2. Configure PIM Anycast RPs in multicast domains.
      anycast-rp 1234::100 anycast-rp-peer-prefix-list
    3. Configure a bootstrap router as a candidate RP to distribute RP information to other PIM-SM devices.
      bsr-candidate interface ve 30 mask 126 priority 10
    4. Configure a device as a candidate RP.
      rp-candidate interface loopback 1
    5. Enable Source-Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM) mode.
      ssm-enable 
    6. Configure the maximum size of the multicast cache.
      max-mcache 500
    7. Configure the frequency with which a device sends PIM hello messages to its neighbors.
      hello-interval 50
    8. Configure the length of time a PIM device waits for hello messages before considering a neighbor to be absent.
      nbr-timeout 600
    9. Configure the length of time a forwarding entry can remain unused before a device deletes it.
      inactivity-timer 90
    10. Configure the frequency with which PIM Join and Prune messages are sent.
      message-interval 3600
    11. Configure the length of time a PIM device waits to stop traffic after receiving a Prune message.
      prune-wait 10
    12. Configure sources to use the shared RP tree instead of the Shortest Path Tree.
      spt-threshold infinity
    13. Define the order in which unicast routes are selected from the routing tables during Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) resolution.
      route-precedence none priority-3 uc-non-default priority-2 uc-default priority-1
    14. Enable multicast ECMP load sharing with dynamic rebalancing.
      rpf ecmp rebalance