Pim Candidate Rp Settings - D-Link xStack DGS-3120 Series Reference Manual

xStack® DGS-3120 Series Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Web UI Reference Guide
The following windows are used to configure the Candidate Boot Strap Router 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 following window, click L3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM > PIM for IPv4 > PIM
Candidate BSR Settings, as shown below:
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Candidate BSR Hash
Mask Len (0-32)
Candidate BSR
Bootstrap Period (1-
255)
Interface name
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made.
Click the Find button to locate a specific entry based on the information entered.
Click the View All button to view all the interfaces configured on this switch.
Click the Edit button to configure the specific BSR priority.
After clicking the Edit button, the following page with be displayed.
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Priority
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made.

PIM Candidate RP Settings

The following window is used to set the Parameters for this Switch to become a candidate RP.
To view the following window, click L3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM > PIM for IPv4 > PIM
Candidate RP Settings, as shown below:
Figure 5-109 PIM Candidate BSR Settings window
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 and 32 with a default setting of 30.
Enter a time period between 1 and 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.
Enter the interface name.
Figure 5-110 PIM Candidate BSR Settings – Edit window
Description
Enter a value -1 or from 0 to 255. The default value is -1 which means the BSR state is
disabled.
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