Configuring A Static Rpf Peer; Configuring An Msdp Peer Connection; Configuration Prerequisites; Configuring Msdp Peer Description - HP A5500 SI Switch Series Configuration Manual

To do...
Create an MSDP peer connection
NOTE:
If an interface of the router is shared by an MSDP peer and a BGP/MBGP peer at the same time, HP
recommends you to use the IP address of the BGP/MBGP peer as the IP address of the for the MSDP
peer.

Configuring a static RPF peer

Configuring static RPF peers avoids RPF check of SA messages.
Follow these steps to configure a static RPF peer:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter public network MSDP view or
VPN instance MSDP view
Configure a static RPF peer
NOTE:
If only one MSDP peer is configured on a router, this MSDP will be registered as a static RPF peer.

Configuring an MSDP peer connection

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure MSDP peer connection, complete the following tasks:
Configure any unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
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network layer
Configure basic functions of MSDP
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Determine the description information of MSDP peers
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Determine the name of an MSDP mesh group
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Determine the MSDP peer connection retry interval
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Configuring MSDP peer description

With the MSDP peer description information, the administrator can easily distinguish different MSDP
peers to better manage MSDP peers.
Follow these steps to configure description for an MSDP peer:
Use the command...
peer peer-address connect-interface
interface-type interface-number
Use the command...
system-view
msdp [ vpn-instance vpn-
instance-name ]
static-rpf-peer peer-address [
rp-policy ip-prefix-name ]
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Remarks
Required
No MSDP peer connection
created by default
Remarks
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—
Required
No static RPF peer configured by
default