Enabling PIM-SM
About enabling PIM-SM
With PIM-SM enabled on interfaces, devices can establish PIM neighbor relationship and process PIM messages from their PIM neighbors.
Restrictions and guidelines
As a best practice, enable PIM-SM on all non-border interfaces of devices when you deploy a PIM-SM domain.
Procedure
Enter system view.
system-view
Enable IP multicast routing and enter MRIB view.
multicast routing [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ]
By default, IP multicast routing is disabled.
For more information about this command, see IP Multicast Command Reference.
Return to system view.
quit
Enter interface view.
interface interface-type interface-number
Enable PIM-SM.
pim sm
By default, PIM-SM is disabled.