LevelOne GTL-2691 - Manual (Page 723)

C HAPTER 21 | Multicast Routing
Configuring PIM for IPv4
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Figure 464: Configuring a Static Rendezvous Point
To display static rendezvous points:
1. Click Multicast, Multicast Routing, SM.
2.
Select RP Address from the Step list.
3.
Select Show from the Action list.
Figure 465: Showing Static Rendezvous Points
C ONFIGURING AN RP
C ANDIDATE
Use the Routing Protocol > PIM > SM (RP Candidate) page to configure the
switch to advertise itself as a Rendezvous Point (RP) candidate to the
bootstrap router (BSR).
CLI R EFERENCES
◆ "ip pim rp-candidate" on page 1568
C OMMAND U SAGE
◆ When this router is configured as an RP candidate, it periodically sends
PIMv2 messages to the BSR advertising itself as a candidate RP for the
specified group addresses. The IP address of the designated VLAN is
sent as the candidate’s RP address. The BSR places information about
all of the candidate RPs in subsequent bootstrap messages. The BSR
uses the RP-election hash algorithm to select an active RP for each
group range. The election process is performed by the BSR only for its
own use. Each PIM-SM router that receives the list of RP candidates
from the BSR also elects an active RP for each group range using the
same election process.