Appendix

Feature	IPv4 PIM	IPv6 PIM	Implementation Difference
PIM-DM	Supported	Not supported	-
PIM-SM	Supported	Supported	Auto-RP listening is supported only in IPv4 scenarios. Embedded-RP is supported only in IPv6 scenarios. Anycast-RP Anycast-RP implemented using MSDP is supported only in IPv4 scenarios. Anycast-RP implemented using PIM is supported in both IPv4 and IPv6 scenarios.
PIM-SSM	Supported	Supported	-
PIM reliability	Supported	Supported	-
PIM security	Supported	Supported	-
PIM FRR	Supported	Not supported	-
PIM control message	Supported	Supported	-