Enabling Msdp; Creating An Msdp Peer Connection - HP A5500 SI Switch Series Configuration Manual

Enabling MSDP

Enabling MSDP globally for the public network
Follow these steps to enable MSDP globally for the public network:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable IP multicast routing
Enable MSDP and enter public
network MSDP view
Enabling MSDP in a VPN instance
To do...
Enter system view
Create a VPN instance and enter
VPN instance view
Configure an RD for the VPN
instance
Enable IP multicast routing
Return to system view
Enable MSDP and enter VPN
instance MSDP view
NOTE:
For more information about the ip vpn-instance and route-distinguisher commands, see the
Command Reference
For more information about the multicast routing-enable command, see the
Reference
.

Creating an MSDP peer connection

An MSDP peering relationship is identified by an address pair, namely, the address of the local MSDP
peer and that of the remote MSDP peer. An MSDP peer connection must be created on both devices that
are a pair of MSDP peers.
Follow these steps to create an MSDP peer connection:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter public network MSDP view or
VPN instance MSDP view
Use the command...
system-view
multicast routing-enable
msdp
Use the command...
system-view
ip vpn-instance vpn-instance-name
route-distinguisher route-
distinguisher
multicast routing-enable
quit
msdp vpn-instance vpn-instance-
name
.
Use the command...
system-view
msdp [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-
name ]
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Remarks
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Required
Disabled by default
Required
Disabled by default
Remarks
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Required
No RD is configured by default.
Required
Disabled by default
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Required
Disabled by default
IP Multicast Command
Remarks
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MPLS