IPv6 PIM sparse mode multicast routing

IPv6 PIM sparse mode multicast routing

FortiOS supports PIM sparse mode multicast routing for IPv6 multicast (multicast6) traffic and is compliant with RFC 4601. You can use the following command to configure IPv6 PIM sparse multicast routing.

config router multicast6 set multicast-routing {enable | disable} config interface edit <interface-name> set hello-interval <1-65535 seconds> set hello-holdtime <1-65535 seconds>

end config pim-sm-global config rp-address edit <index> set ipv6-address <ipv6-address>

end

The following diagnose commands for IPv6 PIM sparse mode are also available:

diagnose ipv6 multicast status diagnose ipv6 multicast vif diagnose ipv6 multicast mroute


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