Configuring Bidir-Pim; Bidir-Pim Configuration Task List; Configuration Prerequisites - HP A5500 SI Switch Series Configuration Manual

Configuring BIDIR-PIM

BIDIR-PIM configuration task list

Complete these tasks to configure BIDIR-PIM:
Task
Enabling PIM-SM
Enabling BIDIR-PIM
Configuring an RP
Configuring a BSR
Configuring an admin-
scope zone boundary
Configuring PIM common features

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure BIDIR-PIM, complete the following tasks:
Configure a unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
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network layer.
Determine the IP address of a static RP and the ACL that defines the range of the multicast groups to
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be served by the static RP.
Determine the C-RP priority and the ACL that defines the range of multicast groups to be served by
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each C-RP.
Determine the legal C-RP address range and the ACL that defines the range of multicast groups to
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be served.
Determine the C-RP-Adv interval.
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Determine the C-RP timeout.
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Determine the C-BSR priority.
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Determine the hash mask length.
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Determine the ACL defining the legal BSR address range.
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Configuring a static RP
Configuring a C-RP
Enabling auto-RP
Configuring C-RP timers globally
Configuring a C-BSR
Configuring a PIM domain border
Configuring global C-BSR parameters
Configuring C-BSR timers
Disabling BSM semantic fragmentation
Enabling administrative scoping
Configuring administrative scoping
Configuring C-BSRs for each admin-scope zone
and the global-scope zone
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