3Com Switch 7750 Series
Command Reference Guide – Multicast Chapter 5 PIM Configuration Commands
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When configure the candidate BSR, the larger bandwidth should be guaranteed since a
great amount of information will be exchanged between BSR and other devices in the
PIM domain.
Related command: pim sm.
Example
# Configure the switch as a BSR with priority 2 (and the C-BSR address is designated
as the IP address of VLAN-interface10).
<3Com> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[3Com] multicast routing-enable
[3Com] pim
[3Com-pim] c-bsr vlan-interface 10 24 2
5.1.3 c-rp Syntax
c-rp interface-type interface-number [ group-policy acl-number | priority
priority-value ]*
undo c-rp { interface-type interface-number | all }
View
PIM view
Parameter
interface-type interface-number: Specifies the VLAN interface whose IP address is
advertised as a candidate RP address.
acl-number: Number of the basic ACL that defines a group range, which is the service
range of the advertised RP. The value ranges from 2000 to 2999.
priority-value: Priority value of candidate RP, in the range of 0 to 255. The greatest
value corresponds to the lowest priority level
all: Remove all candidate RP configurations.
Description
Use the c-rp command to configure the router to advertise itself as a candidate RP.
Use the undo c-rp command to remove the configuration.
By default, no candidate RP is configured, and the value of RP priority is 0.
When configuring the candidate RP, a relatively large bandwidth should be reserved for
the router and other devices in the PIM domain.
For the related command, see c-bsr.