DELL S50V User Manual

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Implementation Information
The Dell Force10 implementation of PIM-SSM is based on RFC 3569.
C-Series supports a maximum of 31 PIM interfaces and 4K multicast entries including (*,G), and 
(S,G) entries. There is no limit on the number of PIM neighbors C-Series can have.
S-Series supports a maximum of 31 PIM interfaces and 2K multicast entries including (*,G), and (S,G) 
entries. There is no limit on the number of PIM neighbors S-Series can have.
E-Series supports a maximum of 511 PIM interfaces and 50K multicast entries including (*,G), (S,G), 
and (S,G,rpt) entries. There is no limit on the number of PIM neighbors E-Series can have.
FTOS reduces the number of control messages sent between multicast routers by bundling Join and 
Prune requests in the same message.
Important Points to Remember
The default SSM range is 232/8 always. Applying an SSM range does not overwrite the default range. 
Both the default range and SSM range are effective even when the default range is not added to the 
SSM ACL.
Extended ACLs cannot be used for configuring SSM range. Be sure to create the ACL first and then 
apply it to the SSM range.
The default range is always supported, so range can never be smaller than the default.
Configure PIM-SM
Configuring PIM-SSM is a one-step process:
Related Configuration Tasks