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- more documented how each parameter works
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jinmei committed Nov 11, 1999
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id: pim6sd.conf.5,v 1.4 1999/10/29 12:12:26 jinmei Exp $
.\" $Id: pim6sd.conf.5,v 1.5 1999/11/11 22:46:25 jinmei Exp $
.\"
.Dd Oct 6, 1999
.Dt PIM6SD.CONF 5
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Specifies a default preference value when sending a PIM assert message.
Preferences are used by assert elections to determine upstream routers.
Currently
.Nm
.Nm pim6sd
cannot reliably obtain preferences and metrics from the
unicast routing protocols, so a default value may be configured.
The default preference is 1024.
.\"
.It Ic default_source_metric Ar metric;
Specifies a default metric value when sending a PIM assert message.
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.Ic granularity Ar second;
.Xc
Specifies timer granularity in seconds.
The default value is 5.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic hello_period Ar period Ar coef;
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.Ar period
*
.Ar coef .
The default values of the period and the timer are 30 and 105,
respectively.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic join_prune_period Ar period Ar coef;
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.Ar period
*
.Ar coef .
The default values of the period and the timer are 60 and 210,
respectively.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic data_timeout Ar timer;
.Xc
Specifies the time after which (S,G) state for a silent source will be deleted.
Specifies the time after which (S,G) state for a silent source will be
deleted.
The default value is 210.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic register_suppression_timeout Ar interval;
.Xc
.Ar Interval
specifies the interval between receiving a Register-Stop and allowing
PIM Register to be send again.
The default value is 60.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic probe_time Ar timer;
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specifies the time between sending a null Register and the
Register-Suppression-Timer expiring unless it is restarted by
receiving a Register-Stop.
The default value is 5.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic assert_timeout Ar interval;
.Xc
.Ar Interval
specifies the interval between the last time an Assert is received and
the time at which the assert is timeout.
The default value is 180.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic cand_rp
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.Ic cand_rp
only in typical usage.
All other parameters are optional and will be set automatically.
If an
.Ar interface
is specified,
.Nm pim6sd
will search for a global address on the specified interface
and set the address in Candidate RP Advertisements.
An optional parameter
.Ic time
specifies the interval of two succeeding advertisements in seconds.
Its default value is 60.
Another optional parameter
.Ic priority
specifies the priority of the RP.
The default value is 0, which means the highest priority.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic group_prefix Ar prefix;
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.Ic cand_bootstrap_router
only in typical usage.
All other parameters are optional and will be set automatically.
If an
.Ar interface
is specified,
.Nm pim6sd
will search for a global address on the specified interface
and set the address in Bootstrap messages.
An optional parameter
.Ic time
specifies the interval of two succeeding bootstraps in seconds.
Its default value is 60.
Another optional parameter
.Ic priority
specifies the priority of the RP.
The default value is 0, which means the lowest priority.
.\"
.It Xo
.Ic switch_register_threshold Ic rate Ar rate Ic interval Ar interval;
.Xc
Specifies the threshold that a Rendezvous Point(RP) switches to a shortest
path tree, which is valid only when acting as an RP.
.Ic rate
specifies the threshold in bits per second, and
.Ic interval
specifies the interval of checking the rate in seconds.
The default values are 50000 and 20, respectively.
\"
.It Xo
.Ic switch_data_threshold Ic rate Ar rate Ic interval Ar interval;
.Xc
Specifies the threshold that a last hop router switches to a shortest
path tree.
.Ic rate
specifies the threshold in bits per second, and
.Ic interval
specifies the interval of checking the rate in seconds.
The default values are 50000 and 20, respectively.
.El
.\"
.Sh EXAMPLE
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