Pim Candidate Bsr Settings - D-Link xStack DES-3800 Series 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 you to the
following window.
The following fields can be viewed or set:
xStack DES-3800 Series Layer 3 Stackable Fast Ethernet Managed Switch
Figure 8- 63. PIM CBSR 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 –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 8- 64. PIM Candidate BSR Settings – Edit
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