Chapter 8. Protocol Independent Multicast
Although a number of unicast IGPs are available, Protocol Independent Multicast Version 2 (PIMv2) is currently the only multicast IGP deployed in production IP networks. However, a number of PIM modes and submodes exist:
PIM Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
PIM Source Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM)
Bidirectional PIM (Bidir-PIM)
Although using the same base protocol, these modes are different enough ...
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