Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Parameters

   Last Updated
           2012-01-20

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   Registries included below

     * PIM-Hello Options
     * PIM Join Attribute Types
     * PIM Address Family
     * Encoded-Source Address Encoding Type Field
     * PIM Message Types
     * PORT Message Types
     * PORT Option Types

PIM-Hello Options

   Registration Procedures

 First Come First Served (expire in 1 year); Specification Required for Permanent assignments

   Reference
           [RFC4601][RFC3973]

      Value     Length                      Name                               Reference
        1         2     Hold Time                                    [RFC4601]
        2         4     LAN Prune Delay                              [RFC3973]
      3-16        -     Reserved                                     [RFC4601]
       17         16    Label Parameters (renew 8/01)                [Dino_Farinacci]
       18         -     Deprecated
       19         4     DR Priority (renew 8/01)                     [Bill_Fenner]
       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                                 [RFC4601]
       25      variable Neighbor List TLV (renew 5/07)               [Alex_Zinin]
       26         0     Join Attribute                               [RFC5384]
       27      variable PIM-over-TCP-Capable                         [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
       28      variable PIM-over-SCTP-Capable                        [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
       29         8     Pop-Count (renew 7/10)                       [draft-ietf-pim-pop-count-01]
       30         0     PIM MT-ID                                    [RFC6420]
       31         8     Interface ID                                 [RFC6395]
       32         0     PIM ECMP Redirect Hello Option (renew 11/12) [draft-ietf-pim-ecmp]
    33-65000      -     Unassigned
   65001-65535    -     Reserved (Private Use)

PIM Join Attribute Types

   Registration Procedures

 IETF Review

   Reference
           [RFC5384]

   Value         Name                     Reference
     0   RPF Vector TLV       [RFC5496]
     1   MVPN Join Attribute  [RFC-ietf-l3vpn-2547bis-mcast-10]
     2   MT-ID Join Attribute [RFC6420]
   3-63  Unassigned

PIM Address Family

   Registration Procedures

 IESG Approval

   Reference
           [RFC3973]

    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]

Encoded-Source Address Encoding Type Field

   Registration Procedures

 IETF Review

   Reference
           [RFC4601][RFC5384]

   Value                                        Description                                        Reference
     0   native encoding for the address family                                                    [RFC4601]
     1   native encoding for the address family, but with zero or more PIM Join Attributes present [RFC5384]
   2-255 Unassigned

PIM Message Types

   Registration Procedures

 IETF Review

   Reference
           [RFC6166]

   Type                   Name                      Reference
     0   Hello                                  [RFC3973][RFC4601]
     1   Register                               [RFC4601]
     2   Register Stop                          [RFC4601]
     3   Join/Prune                             [RFC3973][RFC4601]
     4   Bootstrap                              [RFC4601]
     5   Assert                                 [RFC3973][RFC4601]
     6   Graft                                  [RFC3973]
     7   Graft-Ack                              [RFC3973]
     8   Candidate RP Advertisement             [RFC4601]
     9   State Refresh                          [RFC3973]
    10   DF Election                            [RFC5015]
   11-14 Unassigned
    15   Reserved (for extension of type space) [RFC6166]

PORT Message Types

   Registration Procedures

 RFC Required

   Reference
           [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]

      Type         Name           Reference
        0      Reserved     [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
        1      Join/Prune   [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
        2      Keep-alive   [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
     3-65531   Unassigned
   65532-65535 Experimental [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]

PORT Option Types

   Registration Procedures

 RFC Required

   Reference
           [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]

      Type                  Name                     Reference
        0      Reserved                        [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
        1      PIM IPv4 Join/Prune             [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
        2      PIM IPv6 Join/Prune             [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
     3-32763   Unassigned Critical Options
   32764-32767 Experimental                    [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]
   32768-65531 Unassigned Non-Critical Options
   65532-65535 Experimental                    [RFC-ietf-pim-port-09]

                                                                        People

          ID             Name               Contact URI           Last Updated
   [Alex_Zinin]     Alex Zinin     mailto:zinin&psg.com           2006-05-01
   [Bill_Fenner]    Bill Fenner    mailto:fenner&research.att.com 2000-08
   [Dino_Farinacci] Dino Farinacci mailto:dino&procket.com        2000-08