Configuring Msdp - Cisco Catalyst 3550 series Software Configuration Manual

Configuring MSDP

Configuring MSDP
These sections describe how to configure MSDP:
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Default MSDP Configuration
MSDP is not enabled, and no default MSDP peer exists.
Configuring a Default MSDP Peer
In this Cisco IOS release, because BGP and MBGP are not supported, you cannot configure an MSDP
peer on the local multilayer switch by using the ip msdp peer global configuration command. Instead,
you define a default MSDP peer (by using the ip msdp default-peer global configuration command)
from which to accept all SA messages for the multilayer switch. The default MSDP peer must be a
previously configured MSDP peer. Configure a default MSDP peer when the multilayer switch is not
BGP- or MBGP-peering with an MSDP peer. If a single MSDP peer is configured, the multilayer switch
always accepts all SA messages from that peer.
Figure 35-2
who owns Multilayer Switch B is connected to the Internet through two Internet service providers
(ISPs), one owning Router A and the other owning Router C. They are not running BGP or MBGP
between them. To learn about sources in the ISP's domain or in other domains, multilayer Switch B at
the customer site identifies Router A as its default MSDP peer. Multilayer Switch B advertises SA
messages to both Router A and Router C but accepts SA messages only from Router A or only Router
C. If Router A is first in the configuration file, it is used if it is running. If Router A is not running, only
then does multilayer Switch B accept SA messages from Router C. This is the default behavior without
a prefix list.
If you specify a prefix list, the peer is a default peer only for the prefixes in the list. You can have multiple
active default peers when you have a prefix list associated with each. When you do not have any prefix
lists, you can configure multiple default peers, but only the first one is the active default peer as long as
the router has connectivity to this peer and the peer is alive. If the first configured peer fails or the
connectivity to this peer fails, the second configured peer becomes the active default, and so on.
The ISP probably uses a prefix list to define which prefixes it accepts from the customer's router.
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Default MSDP Configuration, page 35-4
Configuring a Default MSDP Peer, page 35-4
Caching Source-Active State, page 35-6
Requesting Source Information from an MSDP Peer, page 35-8
Controlling Source Information that Your Switch Originates, page 35-8
Controlling Source Information that Your Switch Forwards, page 35-12
Controlling Source Information that Your Switch Receives, page 35-14
Configuring an MSDP Mesh Group, page 35-16
Shutting Down an MSDP Peer, page 35-16
Including a Bordering PIM Dense-Mode Region in MSDP, page 35-17
Configuring an Originating Address other than the RP Address, page 35-18
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