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config router multicast

config router multicast

Configure router multicast.

config router multicast
    Description: Configure router multicast.
    config interface
        Description: PIM interfaces.
        edit <name>
            set bfd [enable|disable]
            set cisco-exclude-genid [enable|disable]
            set dr-priority {integer}
            set hello-holdtime {integer}
            set hello-interval {integer}
            config igmp
                Description: IGMP configuration options.
                set access-group {string}
                set immediate-leave-group {string}
                set last-member-query-count {integer}
                set last-member-query-interval {integer}
                set query-interval {integer}
                set query-max-response-time {integer}
                set query-timeout {integer}
                set router-alert-check [enable|disable]
                set version [3|2|...]
            end
            config join-group
                Description: Join multicast groups.
                edit <address>
                next
            end
            set multicast-flow {string}
            set neighbour-filter {string}
            set passive [enable|disable]
            set pim-mode [sparse-mode|dense-mode]
            set propagation-delay {integer}
            set rp-candidate [enable|disable]
            set rp-candidate-group {string}
            set rp-candidate-interval {integer}
            set rp-candidate-priority {integer}
            set rpf-nbr-fail-back [enable|disable]
            set rpf-nbr-fail-back-filter {string}
            set state-refresh-interval {integer}
            set static-group {string}
            set ttl-threshold {integer}
        next
    end
    set multicast-routing [enable|disable]
    config pim-sm-global
        Description: PIM sparse-mode global settings.
        set accept-register-list {string}
        set accept-source-list {string}
        set bsr-allow-quick-refresh [enable|disable]
        set bsr-candidate [enable|disable]
        set bsr-hash {integer}
        set bsr-interface {string}
        set bsr-priority {integer}
        set cisco-crp-prefix [enable|disable]
        set cisco-ignore-rp-set-priority [enable|disable]
        set cisco-register-checksum [enable|disable]
        set cisco-register-checksum-group {string}
        set join-prune-holdtime {integer}
        set message-interval {integer}
        set null-register-retries {integer}
        set register-rate-limit {integer}
        set register-rp-reachability [enable|disable]
        set register-source [disable|interface|...]
        set register-source-interface {string}
        set register-source-ip {ipv4-address}
        set register-supression {integer}
        config rp-address
            Description: Statically configure RP addresses.
            edit <id>
                set group {string}
                set ip-address {ipv4-address}
            next
        end
        set rp-register-keepalive {integer}
        set spt-threshold [enable|disable]
        set spt-threshold-group {string}
        set ssm [enable|disable]
        set ssm-range {string}
    end
    set route-limit {integer}
    set route-threshold {integer}
end

config router multicast

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

multicast-routing

Enable/disable IP multicast routing.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Enable IP multicast routing.

disable

Disable IP multicast routing.

route-limit

Maximum number of multicast routes.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 2147483647

2147483647

route-threshold

Generate warnings when the number of multicast routes exceeds this number, must not be greater than route-limit.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 2147483647

config interface

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

bfd

Enable/disable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Enable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

disable

Disable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

cisco-exclude-genid

Exclude GenID from hello packets (compatibility with old Cisco IOS).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Do not send GenID.

disable

Send GenID according to standard.

dr-priority

DR election priority.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 4294967295

1

hello-holdtime

Time before old neighbor information expires.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

hello-interval

Interval between sending PIM hello messages.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

30

multicast-flow

Acceptable source for multicast group.

string

Maximum length: 35

name

Interface name.

string

Maximum length: 15

neighbour-filter

Routers acknowledged as neighbor routers.

string

Maximum length: 35

passive

Enable/disable listening to IGMP but not participating in PIM.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Listen only.

disable

Participate in PIM.

pim-mode

PIM operation mode.

option

-

sparse-mode

Option

Description

sparse-mode

sparse-mode

dense-mode

dense-mode

propagation-delay

Delay flooding packets on this interface.

integer

Minimum value: 100 Maximum value: 5000

500

rp-candidate

Enable/disable compete to become RP in elections.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Compete for RP elections.

disable

Do not compete for RP elections.

rp-candidate-group

Multicast groups managed by this RP.

string

Maximum length: 35

rp-candidate-interval

RP candidate advertisement interval.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 16383

60

rp-candidate-priority

Router's priority as RP.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 255

192

rpf-nbr-fail-back

Enable/disable fail back for RPF neighbor query.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Enable fail back for RPF neighbor query.

disable

Disable fail back for RPF neighbor query.

rpf-nbr-fail-back-filter

Filter for fail back RPF neighbors.

string

Maximum length: 35

state-refresh-interval

Interval between sending state-refresh packets.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 100

60

static-group

Statically set multicast groups to forward out.

string

Maximum length: 35

ttl-threshold

Minimum TTL of multicast packets that will be forwarded.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 255

1

config igmp

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

access-group

Groups IGMP hosts are allowed to join.

string

Maximum length: 35

immediate-leave-group

Groups to drop membership for immediately after receiving IGMPv2 leave.

string

Maximum length: 35

last-member-query-count

Number of group specific queries before removing group.

integer

Minimum value: 2 Maximum value: 7

2

last-member-query-interval

Timeout between IGMPv2 leave and removing group.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

1000

query-interval

Interval between queries to IGMP hosts.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

125

query-max-response-time

Maximum time to wait for a IGMP query response.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 25

10

query-timeout

Timeout between queries before becoming querying unit for network.

integer

Minimum value: 60 Maximum value: 900

255

router-alert-check

Enable/disable require IGMP packets contain router alert option.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Require Router Alert option in IGMP packets.

disable

don't require Router Alert option in IGMP packets

version

Maximum version of IGMP to support.

option

-

3

Option

Description

3

Version 3 and lower.

2

Version 2 and lower.

1

Version 1.

config join-group

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

address

Multicast group IP address.

ipv4-address-any

Not Specified

0.0.0.0

config pim-sm-global

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

accept-register-list

Sources allowed to register packets with this Rendezvous Point (RP).

string

Maximum length: 35

accept-source-list

Sources allowed to send multicast traffic.

string

Maximum length: 35

bsr-allow-quick-refresh

Enable/disable accept BSR quick refresh packets from neighbors.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Allow quick refresh packets.

disable

Do not allow quick refresh packets.

bsr-candidate

Enable/disable allowing this router to become a bootstrap router (BSR).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Allow this router to function as a BSR.

disable

Do not allow this router to function as a BSR.

bsr-hash

BSR hash length.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 32

10

bsr-interface

Interface to advertise as candidate BSR.

string

Maximum length: 15

bsr-priority

BSR priority.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 255

0

cisco-crp-prefix

Enable/disable making candidate RP compatible with old Cisco IOS.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Do not allow sending group prefix of zero.

disable

Allow sending group prefix of zero.

cisco-ignore-rp-set-priority

Use only hash for RP selection (compatibility with old Cisco IOS).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Ignore RP-SET priority value.

disable

Do not ignore RP-SET priority value.

cisco-register-checksum

Checksum entire register packet(for old Cisco IOS compatibility).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

register checksum entire packet.

disable

Do not register checksum entire packet.

cisco-register-checksum-group

Cisco register checksum only these groups.

string

Maximum length: 35

join-prune-holdtime

Join/prune holdtime.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

210

message-interval

Period of time between sending periodic PIM join/prune messages in seconds.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

60

null-register-retries

Maximum retries of null register.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 20

1

register-rate-limit

Limit of packets/sec per source registered through this RP.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 65535

0

register-rp-reachability

Enable/disable check RP is reachable before registering packets.

option

-

enable

Option

Description

enable

Check target RP is unicast reachable before registering.

disable

Do not check RP unicast reachability.

register-source

Override source address in register packets.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

disable

Use source address of RPF interface.

interface

Use primary IP of an interface.

ip-address

Use a local IP address.

register-source-interface

Override with primary interface address.

string

Maximum length: 15

register-source-ip

Override with local IP address.

ipv4-address

Not Specified

0.0.0.0

register-supression

Period of time to honor register-stop message.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

60

rp-register-keepalive

Timeout for RP receiving data on.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

185

spt-threshold

Enable/disable switching to source specific trees.

option

-

enable

Option

Description

enable

Switch to Source tree when available.

disable

Do not switch to Source tree when available.

spt-threshold-group

Groups allowed to switch to source tree.

string

Maximum length: 35

ssm

Enable/disable source specific multicast.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Allow source specific multicast.

disable

Do not allow source specific multicast.

ssm-range

Groups allowed to source specific multicast.

string

Maximum length: 35

config rp-address

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

group

Groups to use this RP.

string

Maximum length: 35

id

ID.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 4294967295

0

ip-address

RP router address.

ipv4-address

Not Specified

0.0.0.0

config router multicast

config router multicast

Configure router multicast.

config router multicast
    Description: Configure router multicast.
    config interface
        Description: PIM interfaces.
        edit <name>
            set bfd [enable|disable]
            set cisco-exclude-genid [enable|disable]
            set dr-priority {integer}
            set hello-holdtime {integer}
            set hello-interval {integer}
            config igmp
                Description: IGMP configuration options.
                set access-group {string}
                set immediate-leave-group {string}
                set last-member-query-count {integer}
                set last-member-query-interval {integer}
                set query-interval {integer}
                set query-max-response-time {integer}
                set query-timeout {integer}
                set router-alert-check [enable|disable]
                set version [3|2|...]
            end
            config join-group
                Description: Join multicast groups.
                edit <address>
                next
            end
            set multicast-flow {string}
            set neighbour-filter {string}
            set passive [enable|disable]
            set pim-mode [sparse-mode|dense-mode]
            set propagation-delay {integer}
            set rp-candidate [enable|disable]
            set rp-candidate-group {string}
            set rp-candidate-interval {integer}
            set rp-candidate-priority {integer}
            set rpf-nbr-fail-back [enable|disable]
            set rpf-nbr-fail-back-filter {string}
            set state-refresh-interval {integer}
            set static-group {string}
            set ttl-threshold {integer}
        next
    end
    set multicast-routing [enable|disable]
    config pim-sm-global
        Description: PIM sparse-mode global settings.
        set accept-register-list {string}
        set accept-source-list {string}
        set bsr-allow-quick-refresh [enable|disable]
        set bsr-candidate [enable|disable]
        set bsr-hash {integer}
        set bsr-interface {string}
        set bsr-priority {integer}
        set cisco-crp-prefix [enable|disable]
        set cisco-ignore-rp-set-priority [enable|disable]
        set cisco-register-checksum [enable|disable]
        set cisco-register-checksum-group {string}
        set join-prune-holdtime {integer}
        set message-interval {integer}
        set null-register-retries {integer}
        set register-rate-limit {integer}
        set register-rp-reachability [enable|disable]
        set register-source [disable|interface|...]
        set register-source-interface {string}
        set register-source-ip {ipv4-address}
        set register-supression {integer}
        config rp-address
            Description: Statically configure RP addresses.
            edit <id>
                set group {string}
                set ip-address {ipv4-address}
            next
        end
        set rp-register-keepalive {integer}
        set spt-threshold [enable|disable]
        set spt-threshold-group {string}
        set ssm [enable|disable]
        set ssm-range {string}
    end
    set route-limit {integer}
    set route-threshold {integer}
end

config router multicast

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

multicast-routing

Enable/disable IP multicast routing.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Enable IP multicast routing.

disable

Disable IP multicast routing.

route-limit

Maximum number of multicast routes.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 2147483647

2147483647

route-threshold

Generate warnings when the number of multicast routes exceeds this number, must not be greater than route-limit.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 2147483647

config interface

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

bfd

Enable/disable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Enable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

disable

Disable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).

cisco-exclude-genid

Exclude GenID from hello packets (compatibility with old Cisco IOS).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Do not send GenID.

disable

Send GenID according to standard.

dr-priority

DR election priority.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 4294967295

1

hello-holdtime

Time before old neighbor information expires.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

hello-interval

Interval between sending PIM hello messages.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

30

multicast-flow

Acceptable source for multicast group.

string

Maximum length: 35

name

Interface name.

string

Maximum length: 15

neighbour-filter

Routers acknowledged as neighbor routers.

string

Maximum length: 35

passive

Enable/disable listening to IGMP but not participating in PIM.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Listen only.

disable

Participate in PIM.

pim-mode

PIM operation mode.

option

-

sparse-mode

Option

Description

sparse-mode

sparse-mode

dense-mode

dense-mode

propagation-delay

Delay flooding packets on this interface.

integer

Minimum value: 100 Maximum value: 5000

500

rp-candidate

Enable/disable compete to become RP in elections.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Compete for RP elections.

disable

Do not compete for RP elections.

rp-candidate-group

Multicast groups managed by this RP.

string

Maximum length: 35

rp-candidate-interval

RP candidate advertisement interval.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 16383

60

rp-candidate-priority

Router's priority as RP.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 255

192

rpf-nbr-fail-back

Enable/disable fail back for RPF neighbor query.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Enable fail back for RPF neighbor query.

disable

Disable fail back for RPF neighbor query.

rpf-nbr-fail-back-filter

Filter for fail back RPF neighbors.

string

Maximum length: 35

state-refresh-interval

Interval between sending state-refresh packets.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 100

60

static-group

Statically set multicast groups to forward out.

string

Maximum length: 35

ttl-threshold

Minimum TTL of multicast packets that will be forwarded.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 255

1

config igmp

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

access-group

Groups IGMP hosts are allowed to join.

string

Maximum length: 35

immediate-leave-group

Groups to drop membership for immediately after receiving IGMPv2 leave.

string

Maximum length: 35

last-member-query-count

Number of group specific queries before removing group.

integer

Minimum value: 2 Maximum value: 7

2

last-member-query-interval

Timeout between IGMPv2 leave and removing group.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

1000

query-interval

Interval between queries to IGMP hosts.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

125

query-max-response-time

Maximum time to wait for a IGMP query response.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 25

10

query-timeout

Timeout between queries before becoming querying unit for network.

integer

Minimum value: 60 Maximum value: 900

255

router-alert-check

Enable/disable require IGMP packets contain router alert option.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Require Router Alert option in IGMP packets.

disable

don't require Router Alert option in IGMP packets

version

Maximum version of IGMP to support.

option

-

3

Option

Description

3

Version 3 and lower.

2

Version 2 and lower.

1

Version 1.

config join-group

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

address

Multicast group IP address.

ipv4-address-any

Not Specified

0.0.0.0

config pim-sm-global

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

accept-register-list

Sources allowed to register packets with this Rendezvous Point (RP).

string

Maximum length: 35

accept-source-list

Sources allowed to send multicast traffic.

string

Maximum length: 35

bsr-allow-quick-refresh

Enable/disable accept BSR quick refresh packets from neighbors.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Allow quick refresh packets.

disable

Do not allow quick refresh packets.

bsr-candidate

Enable/disable allowing this router to become a bootstrap router (BSR).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Allow this router to function as a BSR.

disable

Do not allow this router to function as a BSR.

bsr-hash

BSR hash length.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 32

10

bsr-interface

Interface to advertise as candidate BSR.

string

Maximum length: 15

bsr-priority

BSR priority.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 255

0

cisco-crp-prefix

Enable/disable making candidate RP compatible with old Cisco IOS.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Do not allow sending group prefix of zero.

disable

Allow sending group prefix of zero.

cisco-ignore-rp-set-priority

Use only hash for RP selection (compatibility with old Cisco IOS).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Ignore RP-SET priority value.

disable

Do not ignore RP-SET priority value.

cisco-register-checksum

Checksum entire register packet(for old Cisco IOS compatibility).

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

register checksum entire packet.

disable

Do not register checksum entire packet.

cisco-register-checksum-group

Cisco register checksum only these groups.

string

Maximum length: 35

join-prune-holdtime

Join/prune holdtime.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

210

message-interval

Period of time between sending periodic PIM join/prune messages in seconds.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

60

null-register-retries

Maximum retries of null register.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 20

1

register-rate-limit

Limit of packets/sec per source registered through this RP.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 65535

0

register-rp-reachability

Enable/disable check RP is reachable before registering packets.

option

-

enable

Option

Description

enable

Check target RP is unicast reachable before registering.

disable

Do not check RP unicast reachability.

register-source

Override source address in register packets.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

disable

Use source address of RPF interface.

interface

Use primary IP of an interface.

ip-address

Use a local IP address.

register-source-interface

Override with primary interface address.

string

Maximum length: 15

register-source-ip

Override with local IP address.

ipv4-address

Not Specified

0.0.0.0

register-supression

Period of time to honor register-stop message.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

60

rp-register-keepalive

Timeout for RP receiving data on.

integer

Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 65535

185

spt-threshold

Enable/disable switching to source specific trees.

option

-

enable

Option

Description

enable

Switch to Source tree when available.

disable

Do not switch to Source tree when available.

spt-threshold-group

Groups allowed to switch to source tree.

string

Maximum length: 35

ssm

Enable/disable source specific multicast.

option

-

disable

Option

Description

enable

Allow source specific multicast.

disable

Do not allow source specific multicast.

ssm-range

Groups allowed to source specific multicast.

string

Maximum length: 35

config rp-address

Parameter

Description

Type

Size

Default

group

Groups to use this RP.

string

Maximum length: 35

id

ID.

integer

Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 4294967295

0

ip-address

RP router address.

ipv4-address

Not Specified

0.0.0.0