PIM-DM defaults, protocols, and supported configurations

Default configuration: PIM-DM is disabled by default. Either PIM-SM or PIM-DM can be configured within a VRF at a time. All the interfaces within the VRF must run with same mode.

Routing protocol support: PIM uses unicast routing information from any of the routing protocols that are running on the system, such as OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BGP. Static routes are also supported with Nexthop IP addresses.

PIM enabled interfaces (L3 and SVI): PIM can be enabled across all VRFs on a maximum of 1,000 interfaces with an upper limit of 128 per VRF.

NOTE:
Although up to 128 PIM DM enabled interfaces can be configured, when configuring trunk interfaces with multiple Dense enabled SVIs, the trunk interfaces must have sufficient bandwidth or have only the required number of trunks it can support. This ensures that the link utilization is not exceeded due to the initial flooding nature of the protocol.

IGMP and MLD compatibility: PIM-DM is compatible with IGMP version 2 and version 3, MLD version 1 and version 2, and is fully interoperable with IGMP/MLD for determining multicast flows.

VRRP: PIM-DM is fully interoperable with VRRP to quickly transition multicast routes in a failover.

VRF support

PIM-DM can run on multiple VRF instances in parallel. It is supported on all VRFs supported in the system.

Limitations

PIM-DM currently does not support the following: