Configuring A Rendezvous Point - Cisco Catalyst 3550 series Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 34 Configuring IP Multicast Routing

Configuring a Rendezvous Point

If you have configured PIM SM or PIM SM-DM, you must configure an RP for the multicast group. You
can use several methods, as described in these sections:
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You can use Auto-RP, BSR, or a combination of both, depending on the PIM version you are running
and the types of routers in your network. For more information, see the
Interoperability" section on page 34-14
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Manually Assigning an RP to Multicast Groups
This section explains how to manually configure an RP. If the RP for a group is learned through a
dynamic mechanism (such as Auto-RP or BSR), you need not perform this task for that RP.
Senders of multicast traffic announce their existence through register messages received from the
source's first-hop router (designated router) and forwarded to the RP. Receivers of multicast packets use
RPs to join a multicast group by using explicit join messages. RPs are not members of the multicast
group; rather, they serve as a meeting place for multicast sources and group members.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to manually configure the address of the RP:
Command
Step 1
configure terminal
Step 2 ip pim rp-address ip-address
[access-list-number] [override]
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Manually Assigning an RP to Multicast Groups, page 34-17
Configuring Auto-RP, page 34-18
Configuring PIMv2 BSR, page 34-22
Force (IETF)
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Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Configure the address of a PIM RP.
By default, no PIM RP address is configured. You must configure the IP
address of RPs on all routers and multilayer switches (including the RP).
If there is no RP configured for a group, the multilayer switch treats the
group as dense, using the dense-mode PIM techniques. A PIM device can
use multiple RPs, but only one per group.
(a standalone, Cisco-proprietary protocol separate from PIMv1)
(a standards track protocol in the Internet Engineering Task
and the "Auto-RP and BSR Configuration Guidelines" section
• For ip-address, enter the unicast address of the RP in dotted-decimal
notation.
• (Optional) For access-list-number, enter an IP standard access list
number from 1 to 99. If no access list is configured, the RP is used for
all groups.
• (Optional) The override keyword means that if there is a conflict
between the RP configured with this command and one learned by
Auto-RP or BSR, the RP configured with this command prevails.
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
Configuring IP Multicast Routing
"PIMv1 and PIMv2
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