Advanced Configuration and Management Guide

This Field...

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RP

Indicates the IP address of the Rendezvous Point (RP).

 

Note: This field appears only if this routing switch is the BSR.

 

 

group prefixes

Indicates the multicast groups for which the RP listed by the previous

 

field is a candidate RP.

 

Note: This field appears only if this routing switch is the BSR.

 

 

Candidate-RP-advertisement period

Indicates how frequently the BSR sends candidate RP advertisement

 

messages.

 

Note: This field appears only if this routing switch is the BSR.

 

 

USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE

You cannot display PIM Sparse information using the Web management interface.

Displaying Candidate RP Information

To display candidate RP information, use the following CLI method.

USING THE CLI

To display candidate RP information, enter the following command at any CLI level:

HP9300(config-pim-router)# show ip pim rp-candidate

Next Candidate-RP-advertisement in 00:00:10 RP: 207.95.7.1

group prefixes: 224.0.0.0 / 4

Candidate-RP-advertisement period: 60

This example show information displayed on a routing switch that is a candidate RP. The following example shows the message displayed on a routing switch that is not a candidate RP.

HP9300(config-pim-router)# show ip pim rp-candidate

This system is not a Candidate-RP.

Syntax: show ip pim rp-candidate

This display shows the following information.

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Candidate-RP-advertisement in

Indicates how many seconds will pass before the BSR sends its next

 

RP message.

 

Note: This field appears only if this routing switch is a candidate RP.

 

 

RP

Indicates the IP address of the Rendezvous Point (RP).

 

Note: This field appears only if this routing switch is a candidate RP.

 

 

group prefixes

Indicates the multicast groups for which the RP listed by the previous

 

field is a candidate RP.

 

Note: This field appears only if this routing switch is a candidate RP.

 

 

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