PIM Profile Properties dialog box

Use this dialog box to create a PIM Profile element.

Option Definition
General tab
Name The name of the element.
PIM Profile table

Click Add to add a row to the table, or Remove to remove the selected row.
Multicast Group Enter a multicast IPv4 network.
PIM Mode Select from the following:
  • PIM-SM — Uses PIM sparse mode.
  • PIM-SSM — Uses PIM source-specific mode.
  • PIM-DM — Uses PIM dense mode.
RP or Mapping

(When PIM Mode is PIM-SM or PIM-SSM)

Enter the rendezvous point (RP) IP address for PIM-SM or define the mapping for PIM-SSM.
  • When PIM-SM is used, enter a unicast IPv4 address to use as the RP. Leave the cell blank to dynamically use the bootstrap router (BSR) settings.
    Note: Configure the BSR settings in the Engine Editor only if you want to use the Engine as a BSR or RP candidate.
  • When using PIM-SSM, enter a unicast IPv4 address or domain name suffix as the source address for multicast traffic from the defined multicast group. If a domain name suffix is used, DNS resolution combines the suffix and the group to determine the source address. IGMPv2 queries can be automatically mapped to IGMPv3. If left blank, SSM mapping is not performed and IGMPv3 is used by default.
Comment

(Optional)

 A comment for your own reference.
Category

(Optional)

 Includes the element in predefined categories. Click Select to select a category.
Option Definition
Advanced tab
Hello Interval Enter how often hello messages are sent in seconds.
Join-Prune Interval Enter how often joined/prune messages are sent in seconds.
SPT Switch Threshold This setting determines when to switch from a shared tree that routes through a designated router (DR), to a shortest-path tree (SPT).

Select the unit from the drop-down list.

  • Kbit/s — After the specified network speed is reached, the routing switches to the SPT.
  • Packets — After the specified number of packets is sent, the routing switches to the SPT.
  • Infinite — The routing never switches to the SPT.
SPT Switch Interval Enter how frequently the SPT switch threshold state is checked in seconds.
Smart Multicast Anti-spoofing When selected, anti-spoofing rules are automatically configured to avoid inadvertently blocking multicast traffic. We recommend that you enable this option.