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Configuring c-bsr timers – H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches User Manual

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Follow these steps to configure C-BSR parameters:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter public instance or VPN

instance PIM view

pim [ vpn-instance

vpn-instance-name ]

Configure the Hash mask length c-bsr hash-length hash-length

Optional

30 by default

Configure the C-BSR priority

c-bsr priority priority

Optional

By default, the C-BSR priority

is 0.

About the Hash mask length and C-BSR priority:

z

You can configure these parameters at three levels: global configuration level, global scope

zone level, and admin-scope zone level.

z

The value of these parameters configured at the global scope zone level or admin-scope

zone level have preference over the global values.

z

If you do not configure these parameters at the global scope zone level or admin-scope

zone level, the corresponding global values will be used.

For configuration of C-BSR parameters for an admin-scope zone and global scope zone, see

Configuring C-BSRs for each admin-scope zone and the global-scope zone

.

Configuring C-BSR timers

The BSR election winner multicasts its own IP address and RP-Set information through

bootstrap messages within the entire zone it serves. The BSR floods bootstrap messages

throughout the network at the interval of BS (BSR state) period. Any C-BSR that receives a

bootstrap message retains the RP-set for the length of BS timeout, during which no BSR

election takes place. If the BSR state times out and no bootstrap message is received from the

BSR, a new BSR election process is triggered among the C-BSRs.

Perform the following configuration on C-BSR routers.

Follow these steps to configure C-BSR timers:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter public instance or VPN

instance PIM view

pim [ vpn-instance

vpn-instance-name ]