PIM
RPF Neighbor not Reachable
 
Symptom/Cause
Solution
PIM sparse mode in not configured on the interfaces
Use these commands:
show ip pim neighbor
Check the pim neighbour as the downstream router.
ip pim sparse-mode
Use this command to configure sparse mode on all the concerned interfaces
Multicast routing in not configured
Use this command:
ip multicast-routing
Configure multicast routing on the interface.
Interface is not active
Use these commands:
show ip interface brief
If the address field is “unassigned”, configure IP address on the interface with a mask. Alternatively, configured ip address can also be checked using show running-config interface IFNAME.
For ex:
ip address 2.2.2.2/24
no shutdown
Bring up the admin status of the interface if down.
RPF Interface not What is Expected
 
Symptom/Cause
Solution
Some other route exists.
Use this command:
show ip rpf <source-address>
Check whether RPF interface is as expected; If not some other route exists to the source which is causing the multicast packet to be dropped due to RPF check failure.
RP not Reachable
Check whether an RP is reachable from all the routers in the PIM domain:
show ip pim rp-mapping
 
Symptom/Cause
Solution
RP not configured on all the routers for static RP
Use this command:
ip pim rp-address <RP-address>
Configure rp on all the routers in the pim domain.
VIF for RP is not created
Use these commands:
show ip mvif
Verify whether VIF is created for the RP.
ip pim sparse-mode
If RP is configured on the loopback interface of the router then pim sparse mode configuration must be present on the loopback interface.
ip multicast-routing
Multicast routing must be configured on each router.
Mroute not Created for PIM-SSM
Note: RP configuration is not required for PIM-SSM.
 
Symptom/Cause
Solution
Static group configuration without source
Use these commands:
show ip igmp groups detail
Check whether group recode is include and source list has one or more sources.
no ip igmp static-group <group-addr>
no ip igmp join-group <group-addr>
Remove the static/join group without source, on the interface.
IGMPv2 report present for the group
Use these commands:
show ip igmp groups detail
Group mode should not be exclude. Check whether group mode is exclude; remove the v2 group-record using command below.
clear ip igmp groups <group-addr>
Use this command to remove the igmp v2 group.
Last modified date: 06/16/2023