Configuring MSDP
To configure MSDP, perform the following tasks:
Enable MSDP.
Configure the MSDP peers.
NOTE
The PIM Sparse Rendezvous Point (RP) is also an MSDP peer.
NOTE
Devices that run MSDP usually also run BGP. The source address used by the MSDP device is
normally configured to be the same source address used by BGP.

Enabling MSDP

To enable MSDP, enter the following command.
device(config)# router msdp
Syntax: [no] router msdp

Enabling MSDP for a specified VRF

The vrf parameter allows you to configure MSDP on the virtual routing instance (VRF) specified by the
vrf-name variable. All MSDP parameters available for the default router instance are configurable for a
VRF-based MSDP instance.
To enable MSDP for the VRF named "blue", enter the following commands.
device(config)# router msdp vrf blue
device(config-msdp-router-vrf-blue)
Syntax: [no] router msdp [vrf vrf-name ]
The vrf parameter allows you to configure MSDP on the virtual routing instance (VRF) specified by the
vrf-name variable.
Entering a no router msdp vrf command removes the MSDP configuration from the specified VRF
only.

Configuring MSDP peers

To configure an MSDP peer, enter a command such as the following at the MSDP configuration level.
device(config-msdp-router)# msdp-peer 205.216.162.1
To configure an MSDP peer on a VRF, enter the following commands at the MSDP VRF configuration
level.
device(config)# router msdp vrf blue
device(config-msdp-router-vrf-blue)# msdp-peer 205.216.162.1
Syntax: [no] msdp-peer ip-addr [connect-source loopback num ]
The ip-addr parameter specifies the IP address of the neighbor.

Configuring MSDP

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