Brocade Communications Systems IPMC5000PEF Manual De Usuario

 bsr      Bootstrap router

 flow-count  Show flowcache counters

 hw-resource PIM hw resources

 interface   PIM interface

 neighbor    PIM neighbor states

 resource    PIM resources

 rp-set    List of rendezvous point (RP) candidates

 traffic   Active multicast traffic

PIM Sparse

Brocade devices support Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Sparse version 2. PIM Sparse provides
multicasting that is especially suitable for widely distributed multicast environments. The Brocade
implementation is based on RFC 2362.

In a PIM Sparse network, a PIM Sparse device that is connected to a host that wants to receive
information for a multicast group must explicitly send a join request on behalf of the receiver (host).

PIM Sparse devices are organized into domains. A PIM Sparse domain is a contiguous set of devices
that all implement PIM and are configured to operate within a common boundary. 

shows a

simple example of a PIM Sparse domain. This example shows three devices configured as PIM Sparse
devices. The configuration is described in detail following the figure.

FIGURE 5 Example PIM Sparse domain

PIM Sparse device types

Devices that are configured with PIM Sparse interfaces also can be configured to fill one or more of the
following roles:

PIM Sparse