Advanced Configuration and Management Guide

•Configure the following interface parameters:

•Configure an IP address on the interface

•Enable PIM Sparse.

•Identify the interface as a PIM Sparse border, if applicable.

NOTE: You cannot configure an HP routing interface as a PMBR interface for PIM Sparse in the current software release.

•Configure the following IPM Sparse global parameters:

•Identify the routing switch as a candidate PIM Sparse Bootstrap Router (BSR), if applicable.

•Identify the routing switch as a candidate PIM Sparse Rendezvous Point (RP), if applicable.

•Specify the IP address of the RP (if you want to statically select the RP).

NOTE: Hewlett-Packard recommends that you configure the same routing switch as both the BSR and the RP.

Configuring Global Parameters

To configure the PIM Sparse global parameters, use either of the following methods.

USING THE CLI

To configure basic global PIM Sparse parameters, enter commands such as the following on each routing switch within the PIM Sparse domain:

HP9300(config)# router pim

HP9300(config-pim-router)# router rip

HP9300(config-rip-router)#

Syntax: [no] router pim

Syntax: [no] router rip

NOTE: You do not need to globally enable IP multicast routing when configuring PIM Sparse.

The commands in this example enable IP multicast routing, enable the PIM Sparse mode of IP multicast routing, and then enable RIP. For simplicity, this example does not show configuration of specific RIP parameters. In addition, the commands in this example do not configure the routing switch as a candidate PIM Sparse Bootstrap Router (BSR) and candidate Rendezvous Point (RP). You can configure an HP routing switch as a PIM Sparse router without configuring the routing switch as a candidate BSR and RP. However, if you do configure the routing switch as one of these, Hewlett-Packard recommends that you configure the routing switch as both of these. See “Configuring PIM Sparse Global Parameters” on page 9-15.

USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE

You cannot configure PIM Sparse parameters using the Web management interface.

Configuring PIM Interface Parameters

After you enable IP multicast routing and PIM Sparse at the global level, you must enable it on the individual interfaces connected to the PIM Sparse network. To do so, use the following CLI method.

USING THE CLI

To enable PIM Sparse mode on an interface, enter commands such as the following:

HP9300(config)# interface ethernet 2/2

HP9300(config-if-2/2)# ip address 207.95.7.1 255.255.255.0

HP9300(config-if-2/2)# ip pim-sparse

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