H3C Technologies H3C S3600 Series Switches - Manual (Page 440)

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Configuration Prerequisites
Before configuring an MSDP peer connection, you need to configure:
z A unicast routing protocol
z Basic functions of IP multicast
z PIM-SM basic functions
z MSDP basic functions
Complete the following tasks to configure an MSDP peer connection:
Task Remarks
Configuring Description Information for MSDP Peers Optional
Configuring an MSDP Mesh Group Optional
Configuring MSDP Peer Connection Control Optional
Configuring Description Information for MSDP Peers
You can configure description information for each MSDP peer to manage and memorize the MSDP
peers.
Follow these steps to configure description information for an MSDP peer:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter MSDP view msdp —
Configure description
information for an MSDP peer peer peer-address description
text
Optional
By default, an MSDP peer has
no description information.
Configuring an MSDP Mesh Group
Configure a mesh group name on all the peers that will become members of the MSDP mesh group so
that the peers are fully connected with one another in the mesh group.
Follow these steps to configure an MSDP mesh group:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter MSDP view msdp —
Add an MSDP peer to a mesh
group peer peer-address
mesh-group name
Required
By default, an MSDP peer does
not belong to any mesh group.