Configuring Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
It is probably obvious to you, after seeing the configuration statement for enabling PIM-DM on an interface how PIM-SM is enabled. It is accomplished, quite simply, by using the ip pim sparse-mode command. This much of the configuration of PIM-SM is uninteresting and requires no stand-alone examples. The unique requirement of PIM-SM, and the more interesting aspect of its configuration, is the identification of the rendezvous points. You learned in Chapter 7 that RPs can be statically configured, or they can be dynamically discovered using either Cisco Auto-RP or the open-standard bootstrap protocol. The following case studies demonstrate all three methods.
Case Study: Statically ...
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