Pim Candidate Bsr Settings - D-Link DES-6500 - Switch User Manual

PIM Candidate BSR Settings

The following windows are used to configure the
Candidate Boot Strap Router (C-BSR) settings for the
switch and the priority of the selected IP interface to
become the Boot Strap Router (BSR) for the PIM
enabled network. The Boot Strap Router holds the
information which determines which router on the
network is to be elected as the RP for the multicast
group and then to gather and distribute RP information
to other PIM-SM enabled routers. To view the Candidate
BSR window, click Configuration > Layer 3 IP
Networking > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM
Protocol > PIM Candidate BSR Settings.
The following fields can be set:
Parameter
Hash Mask Len
Bootstrap Period
Interface Name
To view the CBSR settings for an IP interface and set its BSR priority, click its hyperlinked name, which will lead to the
following window.
The following fields can be viewed or set:
Parameter
Interface Name
IP Address
Priority
Click Apply to set the priority for this IP Interface.
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Description
Enter a hash mask length, which will be used with the IP address of the candidate RP and the
multicast group address, to calculate the hash algorithm used by the router to determine
which C-RP on the PIM-SM enabled network will be the RP. The user may select a length
between 0 – 32 with a default setting of 30.
Enter a time period between 1-255 to determine the interval the Switch will send out Boot
Strap Messages (BSM) to the PIM enabled network. The default setting is 60 seconds.
To find an IP interface on the Switch, enter the interface name into the space provided and
click Find. If found, the Interface Name will appear alone in the PIM Candidate BSR Settings
window below.
Figure 6- 154. PIM Candidate BSR Settings – Edit
Description
This read-only field denotes the IP Interface Name to be edited for its C-BSR priority.
Denotes the IP Address of the IP Interface Name to be edited for its C-BSR priority.
Used to state the Priority of this IP Interface to become the BSR. The user may select a
priority between -1 to 255. An entry of -1 states that the interface will be disabled to be the
BSR.
Figure 6- 153. PIM Candidate BSR Global Settings window
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