Nokia IPSO 4.0 manual Setting Advanced Options for Sparse-Mode PIM Optional

Note

Static Rendezvous Point configuration overrides rendezvous point (RP) information received from other RP-dissemination mechanisms, such as bootstrap routers.

7.Enter the IP address of the router to configure as the static rendezvous point in the RP Address text box. Click Apply.

8.(Optional) Enter the multicast group address and prefix length in the Multicast group address and Mask length text boxes. Click Apply.

Note

If you do not configure a multicast group address and prefix length for this Static Rendezvous Point , it functions by default as the rendezvous point for all multicast groups (224.0.0.0/4).

9.Click Save to make your changes permanent.

Setting Advanced Options for Sparse-Mode PIM (Optional)

1.Click PIM under Configuration > Routing Configuration in the tree view.

2.In the PIM Instance Mode field, click On for sparse.

3.Click Apply.

4.In the Interfaces section, click On each interface on which to run PIM.

Note

The number of interfaces on which you can run PIM is unlimited.

5.Click Apply.

6.Click the Advanced PIM Options link.

In the Sparse Mode Timers section, enter a value for the register suppression interval (in seconds) in the Register-Suppression Interval text box.

This value represents the mean interval between receiving a Register-Stop message and allowing Register messages to be sent again.

7.In the Sparse Mode Timers section, enter a value for the bootstrap interval for candidate bootstrap routers (in seconds) in the Bootstrap Interval text box.

This value represents the interval between which bootstrap advertisement messages are sent.

8.In the Sparse Mode Timers section, enter a value for the candidate rendezvous point advertisement interval (in seconds) in the Candidate RP-Advertisement Interval text box. This value represents the interval between which Candidate Rendezvous Point routers send Candidate-RP-Advertisement messages.

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