This field indicates the mode(s) that the PIM-TM entity is configured to operate in. - 'sparse' for PIM-SM, as defined in RFC4601. - 'dense' for PIM-DM, as defined in RFC3973. - 'bidir' for BIDIR-PIM, as defined in RFC5015. - 'mgmd-snooping', to operate as an MGMD snooping device. There is no standard for this behavior, but it is discussed in RFC4541. For this mode, the administrator must create a GMI join in pimTmMjTable. If this flag is set, no other flags can be set. - 'mgmd-proxy', to operate as an MGMD proxy device, as defined in RFC4605. For this mode, the administrator must create a GMI join in pimTmMjTable. If this flag is set, no other flags can be set. If this configuration is changed whilst the entity is active, the entity will be deactivated and restarted in the new mode(s). It is strongly advised that this configuration is set prior to activating the entity and left unchanged throughout the router's lifetime. If pimTmEntMgmdProxy is 'true', this object is ignored.