Multicast Commands 1157
Example
console(config)#ip pim rp-address 192.168.21.1
239.1.0.0 255.255.0.0 override
ip pim rp-candidate
Use the ip pim rp-candidate command in Global Configuration mode to
configure the router to advertise itself to the bootstrap router (BSR) router as
a PIM candidate rendezvous point (RP) for a specific multicast group range.
Use the no form of this command to return to the default configuration. This
command replaces the ip pimsm rp-candidate command.
Syntax
ip pim rp-candidate vlan {
vlanid group-address group-mask
[interval
interval
]}
no ip pim rp-candidate vlan
vlanid group-address group-mask}
Parameter Description
Default Configuration
None - the router does not advertise itself as an RP candidate by default.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
Parameter Description
vlan-id A valid VLAN identifier with multicast routing enabled.
group-address A valid multicast group address.
group-mask A mask indicating the range of multicast groups for which the
router should advertise itself as an RP-candidate.
interval (Optional) Indicates the RP candidate advertisement interval.
The range is from 1 to 16383 seconds. The default value is 60
seconds.
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