Configuring PIM
Quick Steps for Configuring IPv6 PIM-DM
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide
March 2011
page 6-33
Quick Steps for Configuring IPv6 PIM-DM
Note.
PIM requires that IP Multicast Switching (IPMS) is enabled. IPMS is automatically enabled when a
multicast routing protocol (either PIM or DVMRP) is enabled globally and on an interface
and
when the
operational status of the interface is
up
. However, if you wish to manually enable IPMS on the switch, use
the
ip multicast admin-state
command.
1
Manually load PIM into memory by entering the following command:
-> ip load pim
2
Create an IPv6 router interface on an existing VLAN by specifying a valid IPv6 address. To do this,
use the
ipv6 interface
command. For example:
-> ipv6 interface vlan 1
-> ipv6 address 4132:86::19A/64 vlan 1
3
Enable PIM on the IPv6 interface using the
ipv6 pim interface
command. For example:
-> ipv6 pim interface vlan-1
Note.
The IPv6 interface on which the PIM is enabled must already exist in the switch configuration.
4
Map the IPv6 PIM-Dense Mode (DM) protocol for a multicast group via the
ipv6 pim dense group
command
.
For example:
-> ipv6 pim dense group ff0e::1234/128
5
Globally enable the IPv6 PIM protocol by entering the following command.
-> ipv6 pim dense admin-state enable
6
Save your changes to the Working directory’s
boot.cfg
file by entering the following command:
-> write memory
Note. Optional
. To verify IPv6 PIM interface status, enter the
show ipv6 pim interface
command. The
display is similar to the one shown below:
-> show ipv6 pim interface
Interface Name Designated Hello Join/Prune Oper
Router Interval Interval Status
--------------------+--------------------------+--------+----------+---------
vlan-5 fe80::2d0:95ff:feac:a537 30 60 enabled
vlan-30 fe80::2d0:95ff:feac:a537 30 60 disabled
vlan-40 fe80::2d0:95ff:fee2:6eec 30 60 enabled
To verify global IPv6 PIM status, enter the
show ipv6 pim sparse
or
show ipv6 pim dense
command.
The display for sparse mode is similar to the one shown below: