Configuring Pim And Pim6; Pim And Pim6 Configuration Tasks - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring PIM and PIM6

Configuring PIM and PIM6
You can configure both PIM and PIM6 on the same router. You configure either PIM or PIM6 for each
interface, depending on whether that interface is running IPv4 or IPv6.
Note
Cisco NX-OS supports only PIM sparse mode version 2. In this publication, "PIM" refers to PIM sparse mode
version 2.
You can configure separate ranges of addresses in the PIM or PIM6 domain using the multicast distribution
modes described in the table below.
Multicast Distribution Mode
ASM
Bidir
SSM
RPF routes for multicast

PIM and PIM6 Configuration Tasks

The following steps configure PIM and PIM6.
1. From the multicast distribution modes, select the range of multicast groups that you want to configure in
each mode.
2. From the multicast distribution modes, select the range of multicast groups that you want to configure in
each mode.
3. Enable the PIM and PIM6 features.
4. Follow the configuration steps for the multicast distribution modes that you selected in Step 1.
5. Configure message filtering.
Note The CLI commands used to configure PIM or PIM6 differ as follows:
• Commands begin with ip pim for PIM and begin with ipv6 pim for PIM6
• Commands begin with show ip pim for PIM and begin with show ipv6 pim for PIM6.
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• For ASM or Bidir mode, see the Configuring ASM and Bidir.
• For SSM mode, see the Configuring SSM.
• For RPF routes for multicast, see the Configuring RPF Routes for Multicast.
Requires RP Configuration
Yes
Yes
No
No
Configuring PIM and PIM6
Description
Any source multicast
Bidirectional shared trees
Single source multicast
RPF routes for multicast