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DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
Join/Prune Interval
(1-18724 sec)
This field will set the interval time between the sending of Join/Prune packets stating which
multicast groups are to join the PIM enabled network and which are to be removed or
“pruned” from that group. The user may state an interval time between
1
and
18724
seconds
with a default interval time of
60
seconds.
DR Priority (0-
4294967294)
Enter the priority of this IP interface to become the Designated Router for the multiple access
network. The user may enter a DR priority between
0
and
4,294,967,294
with a default setting
of
1
.
Mode
Use the pull-down menu to select the type of PIM protocol to use, Sparse Mode (
SM
), Dense
Mode (
DM
), or Sparse-Dense Mode (
SM-DM
). The default setting is
DM
.
State
Use the pull-down menu to enable or disable PIM for this IP interface. The default is
Disabled
.
Click
Apply
to implement changes made.
PIM Candidate BSR Settings
The following windows are used to configure the Candidate Boot Strap Router settings for the switch and the priority of the
selected IP interface to become the Boot Strap Router (BSR) for the PIM enabled network. The Boot Strap Router holds the
information which determines which router on the network is to be elected as the RP for the multicast group and then to gather
and distribute RP information to other PIM-SM enabled routers.
To view this window, click
L3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM > PIM Candidate BSR Settings
, as shown
below.
Figure 8- 89. PIM Candidate BSR Settings window
The following fields can be set:
Parameter
Description
Candidate BSR
Hash Mask Len (0-
32)
Enter a hash mask length, which will be used with the IP address of the candidate RP and the
multicast group address, to calculate the hash algorithm used by the router to determine which
C-RP on the PIM-SM enabled network will be the RP. The user may select a length between
0
and
32
with a default setting of
30
.
Candidate BSR
Bootstrap Period (1-
255)
Enter a time period between
1
and
255
to determine the interval the Switch will send out Boot
Strap Messages (BSM) to the PIM enabled network. The default setting is
60
seconds.
Interface Name
To find an IP interface on the Switch, enter the interface name into the space provided and
click
Search
. If found, the Interface Name will appear alone in the
PIM Candidate BSR
Settings
window below.
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