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Enabling IPv6 PIM-SM
The implementation of the SSM model is based on some subsets of IPv6 PIM-SM. Therefore, you must
enable IPv6 PIM-SM before configuring IPv6 PIM-SSM.
When you deploy an IPv6 PIM-SSM domain, enable IPv6 PIM-SM on all non-border interfaces of routers.
IMPORTANT:
All the interfaces on a device must be enabled with the same IPv6 PIM mode.
To enable IPv6 PIM-SSM:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enable IPv6 multicast routing.
multicast ipv6 routing-enable
Disabled by default.
3.
Enter interface view.
interface
interface-type
interface-number
N/A
4.
Enable IPv6 PIM-SM.
pim ipv6 sm
Disabled by default.
Configuring the IPv6 SSM group range
Whether the IPv6 PIM-SSM model or the IPv6 PIM-SM model delivers the information from an IPv6
multicast source depends on whether the group address in the (S, G) packet that the receivers request
falls into the IPv6 SSM group range. All IPv6 PIM-SM-enabled interfaces assume the IPv6 PIM-SSM model
for IPv6 multicast groups within this address range.
Configuration guidelines
Perform the following configuration on all routers in the IPv6 PIM-SSM domain.
•
Make sure the same IPv6 SSM group range is configured on all routers in the entire domain.
Otherwise, IPv6 multicast data cannot be delivered through the IPv6 SSM model.
•
When a member of an IPv6 multicast group in the IPv6 SSM group range sends an MLDv1 report
message, the device does not trigger a (*, G) join.
Configuration procedure
To configure the IPv6 SSM group range:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Enter IPv6 PIM view.
pim ipv6
N/A
3.
Configure the IPv6 SSM group
range.
ssm-policy
acl6-number
Optional.
FF3x::/32 by default, here "x"
refers to any legal group scope.
Configuring common IPv6 PIM features
For the configuration tasks in this section, the following rules apply: