Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Parameters

   Last Updated
           2010-03-01

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   Registries included below

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

PIM-Hello Options

   Reference
           [RFC4601][RFC3973]

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

      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      12 for IPv4, 24 for IPv6 PIM-over-TCP Capable (renew 6/10)  [Stig_Venaas]
       28      12 for IPv4, 24 for IPv6 PIM-over-SCTP Capable (renew 6/10) [Stig_Venaas]
       29                 8             Pop-Count (renew 7/10)             [draft-ietf-pim-pop-count-01]
       30                 8             PIM MT-ID (renew 11/10)            [draft-ietf-pim-mtid-02]
    31-65000              -             Unassigned
   65001-65535            -             Reserved (Private Use)

PIM Join Attribute Types

   Reference
           [RFC5384]

   Registration Procedures
           IETF Review

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

PIM Address Family

   Reference
           [RFC3973]

   Registration Procedures
           IESG Approval

    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

   Reference
           [RFC4601][RFC5384]

   Registration Procedures
           IETF Review

   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

                                                                        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
   [Stig_Venaas]    Stig Venaas    mailto:stig&venaas.com         2009-06-16