IPv6 PIM Commands 997
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
console(config)#ipv6 pim rp-address
2001:db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:370:7334 ffe8::0 /16 override
ipv6 pim rp-candidate
Use the ipv6 pim rp-candidate command to configure the router to advertise
itself to the bootstrap router (BSR) 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.
Syntax
ipv6 pim rp-candidate vlan {

vlan-id group-address group-mask

[interval

interval
]}
no ipv6 pim rp-candidate vlan {

vlan-id group-address group-mask

}
Parameter Description
Default Configuration
None - The router does not advertise itself as an RP candidate by default.
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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