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36 .Nd config file for pim6sd, PIM-SM daemon for IPv6
41 configuration file consists of a sequence of statements terminated
42 by a semi-colon (`;'), each of which specifies how the daemon treats
43 each interface on the system, specifies some parameters of the PIM
44 protocol, and requires some special behavior defined by the protocol.
46 Each statement can be constructed by multiple lines.
54 .\"works even without the configuration file, although the daemon
55 .\"will warn that there is no configuration file.
56 .\"In such a case, the daemon will automatically set the default value
57 .\"to each configurable parameter.
60 The following statements can be specified in the configuration file.
62 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
68 Specify debug messages to be printed out. Each
70 usually specifies a subset of the messages to be printed.
75 it means that the set of the messages that are specified by the option
76 will not be printed. For example,
78 means that all the messages except MLD related ones will be printed.
80 .Ic mld_proto, mld_timer, mld_member, mld, switch, trace, mtrace, traceroute,
81 .Ic timeout, callout, pkt, packets, interfaces, vif, kernel, cache, mfc,
82 .Ic k_cache, k_mfc, rsrr, pim_detail, pim_hello, pim_neighbors, pim_register,
83 .Ic registers, pim_join_prune, pim_j_p, pim_jp, pim_bootstrap, pim_bsr, bsr,
84 .Ic bootstrap, pim_asserts, pim_cand_rp, pim_c_rp, pim_rp, rp, pim_routes,
85 .Ic pim_routing, pim_mrt, pim_timers, pim_rpf, rpf, pim, routes, routing,
86 .Ic mrt, routers, mrouters, neighbors, timers, asserts,
91 .Ic reverselookup (yes \(ba no);
93 Specifies if a hostname for an IPv6 address should be resolved
96 means a hostname should be resolved, and
99 By default, a hostname is not resolved.
102 .Ic phyint Ar interface
108 to ignore the interface even if the interface is multicast-capable.
109 Note that PIM will be activated on all interfaces by default(including
110 the case where there is no configuration file).
111 Interfaces are specified in the form of "name unit", such as
117 .Ic phyint Ar interface
118 .Op preference Ar preference
123 Specifies the preference and/or metric values when sending a PIM
124 assert message on the interface.
125 If another optional parameter
129 will not send any MLD packets on the interface.
130 This option is usually meaningless but will be useful when
131 MLD messages are noisy (e.g. when debugging) and there is surely no
132 listner on the interface.
135 .Ic default_source_preference Ar preference;
137 Specifies a default preference value when sending a PIM assert message.
138 Preferences are used by assert elections to determine upstream routers.
141 cannot reliably obtain preferences and metrics from the
142 unicast routing protocols, so a default value may be configured.
143 The default preference is 1024.
145 .It Ic default_source_metric Ar metric;
146 Specifies a default metric value when sending a PIM assert message.
147 It is recommended that preferences be set such that metrics are never
148 consulted. However, default metrics may also be set and will default to
152 .Ic granularity Ar second;
154 Specifies timer granularity in seconds.
155 The default value is 5.
158 .Ic hello_period Ar period Ar coef;
161 specifies the period in second between 2 hello messages.
163 is the coefficient to determine the hello holdtime;
168 The default values of the period and the coefficient are 30 and 3.5,
169 respectively. The default holdtime is 105 seconds as a result.
172 .Ic join_prune_period Ar period Ar coef;
175 specifies the period in second between 2 join/prune messages.
177 is the coefficient to determine the join/prune holdtime;
182 The default values of the period and the coefficient are 60 and 3.5,
183 respectively. Consequently, the default holdtime is 210 seconds.
186 .Ic data_timeout Ar timer;
188 Specifies the time after which (S,G) state for a silent source will be
190 The default value is 210.
193 .Ic register_suppression_timeout Ar interval;
196 specifies the interval between receiving a Register-Stop and allowing
197 PIM Register to be send again.
198 The default value is 60.
201 .Ic probe_time Ar timer;
204 specifies the time between sending a null Register and the
205 Register-Suppression-Timer expiring unless it is restarted by
206 receiving a Register-Stop.
207 The default value is 5.
210 .Ic assert_timeout Ar interval;
213 specifies the interval between the last time an Assert is received and
214 the time at which the assert is timeout.
215 The default value is 180.
221 .Op Ic priority Ar priority
224 Specifies to act as a candidate Rendezvous Point(RP).
225 It is recommended to specify
227 only in typical usage.
228 All other parameters are optional and will be set automatically.
233 will search for a global address on the specified interface
234 and set the address in Candidate RP Advertisements.
235 An optional parameter
237 specifies the interval of two succeeding advertisements in seconds.
238 Its default value is 60.
241 will be set to Candidate-RP-Advertisement messages.
242 Another optional parameter
244 specifies the priority of the RP.
245 The default value is 0, which means the highest priority.
248 .Ic group_prefix Ar prefix;
250 When acting as a Rendezvous Point(RP),
252 specifies a group prefix that the RP will handle.
255 .Ic cand_bootstrap_router
258 .Op Ic priority Ar priority
261 Specifies to act as a candidate bootstrap router(BSR).
262 It is recommended to specify
263 .Ic cand_bootstrap_router
264 only in typical usage.
265 All other parameters are optional and will be set automatically.
270 will search for a global address on the specified interface
271 and set the address in Bootstrap messages.
272 An optional parameter
274 specifies the interval of two succeeding bootstraps in seconds.
275 Its default value is 60.
276 Another optional parameter
278 specifies the priority of the RP.
279 The default value is 0, which means the lowest priority.
282 .Ic switch_register_threshold Ic rate Ar rate Ic interval Ar interval;
284 Specifies the threshold that a Rendezvous Point(RP) switches to a shortest
285 path tree, which is valid only when acting as an RP.
287 specifies the threshold in bits per second, and
289 specifies the interval of checking the rate in seconds.
290 The default values are 50000 and 20, respectively.
293 .Ic switch_data_threshold Ic rate Ar rate Ic interval Ar interval;
295 Specifies the threshold that a last hop router switches to a shortest
298 specifies the threshold in bits per second, and
300 specifies the interval of checking the rate in seconds.
301 The default values are 50000 and 20, respectively.
306 #phyint gif0 disable;
307 #phyint ep0 preference 101;
310 #followings are for a candidate Rendezvous Point, which should usually
312 cand_bootstrap_router;
320 command is developed by Mickael Hoerdt at LSIIT Laboratory.
321 It is based on IPv4 PIM sparse-mode
323 developed at University of Southern California,
324 which has also been derived from
327 is COPYRIGHT 1989 by The Board of Trustees of
328 Leland Stanford Junior University.