D-Link DGS-3627G Product Manual - Page 284

Parameter xStack® DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Description Interface Name This read-only field denotes the IP interface selected to be configured for PIM. IP Address This read-only field denotes the IP address of the IP interface selected to be configured for PIM. Designated Router This read-only field denotes the IP address of the Designated Router of the distribution tree to which this IP address belongs. Hello Interval (118724 sec) This field will set the interval time between the sending of Hello Packets from this IP interface to neighboring routers one hop away. These Hello packets are used to discover other PIM enabled routers and state their priority as the Designated Router (DR) on the PIM enabled network. The user may state an interval time between 1 and 18724 seconds with a default interval time of 30 seconds. Join/Prune Interval (1-18724 sec) This field will set the interval time between the sending of Join/Prune packets stating which multicast groups are to join the PIM enabled network and which are to be removed or "pruned" from that group. The user may state an interval time between 1 and 18724 seconds with a default interval time of 60 seconds. DR Priority (04294967294) Enter the priority of this IP interface to become the Designated Router for the multiple access network. The user may enter a DR priority between 0 and 4,294,967,294 with a default setting of 1. Mode Use the pull-down menu to select the type of PIM protocol to use, Sparse Mode (SM), Dense Mode (DM), or Sparse-Dense Mode (SM-DM). The default setting is DM. State Use the pull-down menu to enable or disable PIM for this IP interface. The default is Disabled. Click Apply to implement changes made. PIM Candidate BSR Settings The following windows are used to configure the Candidate Boot Strap Router settings for the switch and the priority of the selected IP interface to become the Boot Strap Router (BSR) for the PIM enabled network. The Boot Strap Router holds the information which determines which router on the network is to be elected as the RP for the multicast group and then to gather and distribute RP information to other PIM-SM enabled routers. To view this window, click L3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM > PIM Candidate BSR Settings, as shown below: Figure 4- 127. PIM Candidate BSR Settings window The following fields can be set: 268