Basic PIM configuration

Perform the following basic PIM configuration tasks:

  1. Enable PIM (required)

  2. Add interfaces so the protocol establishes adjacencies with the neighboring routers (required)

  3. Configure a way to calculate group-to-RP mapping (required) by either:

    • static group-to-RP mapping

    • enabling Candidate RP/Bootstrap mechanism on some routers

  4. Enable unicast routing protocols to learn routes toward the RP/source for reverse path forwarding (required)

  5. Add SSM ranges (optional)

  6. Enable Candidate BSR (optional)

  7. Enable Candidate RP (optional)

  8. Change hello interval (optional)

  9. Configure route policies (bootstrap-export, bootstrap-import, import join and register)