PIM/6/SRC_MASK_UNSUPPORTED

Message

PIM/6/SRC_MASK_UNSUPPORTED: In VPN instance [vpn-instance-name], the length of the mask of the source address [source-address]/[source-address-mask] in the Join/Prune message was unsupported, so this source was ignored.

Description

The source address contained in the Join/Prune message was ignored, because PIM-SM did not support the mask length of the source address.

Parameters

Parameter Name	Parameter Meaning
vpn-instance-name	Indicates the name of a VPN instance.
source-address	Indicates the source address.
source-address-mask	Indicates the mask length of source address.

Possible Causes

The PIM-SM-enabled interface receives a Join/Prune message, the mask length of the source address contained in which is not supported by PIM-SM.

Procedure

If this fault occurs occasionally, this log message can be ignored.
If the fault frequently occurs, check the packet source, record this log message, and then contact technical support personnel.