Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Parameters
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- 2023-10-16
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Registries included below
- PIM-Hello Options
- PIM Join Attribute Types
- PIM Address Family
- PIM Address Encoding Types
- PIM Message Types
- PORT Message Types
- PORT Option Types
- PIM Join/Prune Transport Types
- PIM Flooding Mechanism Message Types
- PIM Designated Router Load-Balancing Hash Algorithms
PIM-Hello Options
- Registration Procedure(s)
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First Come First Served (expire in 1 year); Specification Required for Permanent assignments
- Expert(s)
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Stig Venaas, Jeffrey (Zhaohui) Zhang
- Reference
- [RFC7761][RFC3973]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Value | Length | Name | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Reserved | [RFC3973] | |
| 1 | 2 | Hold Time | [RFC7761] |
| 2 | 4 | LAN Prune Delay | [RFC3973] |
| 3-16 | - | Reserved | [RFC7761] |
| 17 | 16 | Label Parameters (renew 8/01) | [Dino_Farinacci] |
| 18 | - | Deprecated | |
| 19 | 4 | DR Priority (renew 8/01) | [RFC7761] |
| 20 | 4 | Generation ID | [RFC3973] |
| 21 | 4 | State-Refresh | [RFC3973] |
| 22 | 0 | Bidirectional Capable | [RFC5015] |
| 23 | 1 | VCI Capability (renew 8/01) | [Dino_Farinacci] |
| 24 | variable | Address List | [RFC7761] |
| 25 | variable | Neighbor List TLV (renew 5/07) | [Alex_Zinin] |
| 26 | 0 | Join Attribute | [RFC5384] |
| 27 | variable | PIM-over-TCP-Capable | [RFC6559] |
| 28 | variable | PIM-over-SCTP-Capable | [RFC6559] |
| 29 | variable | Pop-Count | [RFC6807] |
| 30 | 0 | PIM MT-ID | [RFC6420] |
| 31 | 8 | Interface ID | [RFC6395] |
| 32 | 0 | PIM ECMP Redirect Hello Option | [RFC6754] |
| 33 | 2 | vPC Peer ID (renew 6/14) | [Siddanagouda_Khot] |
| 34 | 4 | DR Load-Balancing Capability (DRLB-Cap) | [RFC8775] |
| 35 | variable | DR Load-Balancing List (DRLB-List) | [RFC8775] |
| 36 | 0 | Hierarchical Join/Prune Attribute | [RFC7887] |
| 37 | variable | DR Address Option | [draft-ietf-pim-dr-improvement-10] |
| 38 | variable | BDR Address Option | [draft-ietf-pim-dr-improvement-10] |
| 39 | 4 | BFD Discriminator Option | [RFC9186] |
| 40 | 0 | Packed Assert Capability | [RFC9466] |
| 41-65000 | - | Unassigned | |
| 65001-65535 | - | Reserved (Private Use) |
PIM Join Attribute Types
- Registration Procedure(s)
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IETF Review
- Reference
- [RFC5384]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Value | Name | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | RPF Vector TLV | [RFC5496] |
| 1 | MVPN Join Attribute | [RFC6513] |
| 2 | MT-ID Join Attribute | [RFC6420] |
| 3 | Pop-Count | [RFC6807] |
| 4 | Explicit RPF Vector | [RFC7891] |
| 5 | Transport Attribute | [RFC8059] |
| 6 | Receiver RLOC Attribute | [RFC8059] |
| 7-63 | Unassigned |
PIM Address Family
- Registration Procedure(s)
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IESG Approval
- Reference
- [RFC3973][RFC7761]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Value | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0-127 | Same meaning as Address Family Numbers. See http://www.iana.org/assignments/address-family-numbers | |
| 128-250 | Unassigned | |
| 251-255 | Reserved for Private Use | [RFC3973] |
PIM Address Encoding Types
- Registration Procedure(s)
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IETF Review
- Reference
- [RFC5384][RFC7761][RFC7887]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Value | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | native encoding for the address family | [RFC7761] |
| 1 | native encoding for the address family, but with one or more PIM Join Attributes present | [RFC5384][RFC Errata 1597] |
| 2-255 | Unassigned |
PIM Message Types
- Registration Procedure(s)
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IETF Review
- Reference
- [RFC9436]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Type | Name | Flag Bits | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Hello | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC3973][RFC7761] |
| 1 | Register | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC7761] |
| 2 | Register Stop | 0: Packing Capability | [RFC9465] |
| 1-7: Unassigned | [RFC7761] | ||
| 3 | Join/Prune | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC3973][RFC7761] |
| 4 | Bootstrap | 0-6: Unassigned | [RFC5059][RFC7761] |
| 7: No-Forward | [RFC5059] | ||
| 5 | Assert | 0: Packed | [RFC9466] |
| 1: Aggregated | [RFC9466] | ||
| 2-7: Unassigned | [RFC3973][RFC7761] | ||
| 6 | Graft | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC3973] |
| 7 | Graft-Ack | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC3973] |
| 8 | Candidate RP Advertisement | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC7761] |
| 9 | State Refresh | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC3973] |
| 10 | DF Election | 0-3: Unassigned | [RFC5015] |
| 4-7: Subtype | [RFC5015] | ||
| 11 | ECMP Redirect | 0-7: Unassigned | [RFC6754] |
| 12 | PIM Flooding Mechanism | 0-6: Unassigned | [RFC8364] |
| 7: No-Forward | [RFC8364] | ||
| 13.0 | PIM Packed Null-Register | 0-3: Unassigned | [RFC9465] |
| 13.1 | PIM Packed Register-Stop | 0-3: Unassigned | [RFC9465] |
| 13.2-15.14 | Unassigned | 0-3: Unassigned | |
| 15.15 | Reserved | 0-3: Reserved | [RFC9436] |
PORT Message Types
- Registration Procedure(s)
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RFC Required
- Reference
- [RFC6559]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Type | Name | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Reserved | [RFC6559] |
| 1 | Join/Prune | [RFC6559] |
| 2 | Keep-alive | [RFC6559] |
| 3-65531 | Unassigned | |
| 65532-65535 | Experimental | [RFC6559] |
PORT Option Types
- Registration Procedure(s)
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RFC Required
- Reference
- [RFC6559]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Type | Name | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Reserved | [RFC6559] |
| 1 | PIM IPv4 Join/Prune | [RFC6559] |
| 2 | PIM IPv6 Join/Prune | [RFC6559] |
| 3-32763 | Unassigned Critical Options | |
| 32764-32767 | Experimental | [RFC6559] |
| 32768-65531 | Unassigned Non-Critical Options | |
| 65532-65535 | Experimental | [RFC6559] |
PIM Join/Prune Transport Types
- Registration Procedure(s)
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IETF Review
- Reference
- [RFC8059]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Value | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | multicast | [RFC8059] |
| 1 | unicast | [RFC8059] |
| 2-255 | Unassigned |
PIM Flooding Mechanism Message Types
- Registration Procedure(s)
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IETF Review
- Reference
- [RFC8364]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Type | Name | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Reserved | [RFC8364] |
| 1 | Source Group Holdtime | [RFC8364] |
| 2-32767 | Unassigned |
PIM Designated Router Load-Balancing Hash Algorithms
- Registration Procedure(s)
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IETF Review
- Reference
- [RFC8775]
- Available Formats
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CSV
| Type | Name | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Modulo | [RFC8775] |
| 1-255 | Unassigned |
Contact Information
| ID | Name | Contact URI | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Alex_Zinin] | Alex Zinin | mailto:zinin&psg.com | 2006-05-01 |
| [Dino_Farinacci] | Dino Farinacci | mailto:dino&procket.com | 2000-08 |
| [Siddanagouda_Khot] | Siddanagouda Khot | mailto:sikhot&cisco.com | 2013-06-06 |