PLANET XGS3-24040 - Manual (Page 415)

Chapter 44 IPv6 Multicast Protocol
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If all attempts fail to solve the problems on PIM-SM, then use debug commands such as debug ipv6 pim/
debug ipv6 pim bsr, copy DEBUG information in 3 minutes and send to Technology Service Center.
44.3 ANYCAST RP v6 Configuration
44.3.1 Introduction to ANYCAST RP v6
Anycast RP v6 is a technology based on PIM protocol, which provides redundancy in order to recover as soon
as possible once an RP becomes unusable.
The kernel concept of Anycast RP v6 is that the RP addresses configured all over the whole network exist on
multiple multicast servers (the most common situation is that every device providing ANYCAST RP uses
LOOPBACK interface, and using the longest mask to configures RP addresses on this interface), while the
unicast routing algorithm will make sure that PIM routers can always find the nearest RP, thus , providing a
shorter and faster way to find RP in a larger network., Once an RP being used becomes unusable, the unicast
routing algorithm will ensure that the PIM router can find a new RP path fast enough to recover the multicast
server in time. Multiple RP will cause a new problem that is if the multicast source and the receivers are
registered to different RP, some receivers will not be able to receive data of multicast source (obviously, the
register messages only prefer the nearest RP). So, in order to keep the communication between all RP,
Anycast RP defines that the nearest RP to the multicast source should forward the source register messages
to all the other RP to guarantee that all joiners of the RP can find the multicast source.
The method to realize the PIM-protocol-based Anycast RP is that: maintaining an ANYCAST RP list on every
switch configured with Anycast RP and using another address as the label to identify each other. When one
Anycast RP device receives a register message, it will send the register message to other Anycast RP
devices while using its own address as the source address, to notify all the other devices of the original
destination.
44.3.2 ANYCAST RP v6 Configuration Task
1. Enable ANYCAST RP v6 function
2. Configure ANYCAST RP v6
1. Enable ANYCAST RP v6 function
Command Explanation
Global Configuration Mode
ipv6 pim anycast-rp
no ipv6 pim anycast-rp
Enable ANYCAST RP function. (necessary)
The no operation will globally disable the
ANYCAST RP function.