Operation Manual – Multicast Protocol
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 6 PIM Configuration
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Follow these steps to configure PIM-SM register-related parameters:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter PIM view
pim
—
Configure a filtering rule
for register messages
register-policy
acl-number
Optional
No register filtering rule by
default
Configure the device to
calculate the checksum
based on the entire
register messages
register-header-checks
um
Optional
By default, the checksum
is calculated based on the
header of register
messages
Configure the register
suppression timeout time
register-suppression-ti
meout interval
Optional
60 seconds by default
Configure the probe time
probe-interval interval
Optional
5 seconds by default
Note:
Typically, you need to configure the above-mentioned parameters on the receiver-side
DR and the RP only. Since both the DR and RP are elected, however, you should carry
out these configurations on the routers that may win the DR election and on the C-RPs
that may win RP elections.
6.3.7 Disabling RPT-to-SPT Switchover
Multicast traffic flows along an RPT to the receivers before an RPT-TO-SPT switchover
takes place. By default, the last-hop switch initiates an RPT-to-SPT switchover process
when it receives the first multicast packet from the RPT. You can disable RPT-to-SPT
switchover through the following configuration.
Follow these steps to disable RPT-to-SPT switchover:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter PIM view
pim
—