3Com 7757 Configuration Manual page 486

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As shown in Figure 123, within a PIM-SM domain, a multicast source sends
multicast data to multicast group G, and Receiver is a member of the multicast
group. To implement Anycast RP, configure the same IP address (known as anycast
RP address, typically a private address) on Router A and Router B, configure these
interfaces as C-RPs, and establish an MSDP peering relationship between Router A
and Router B.
Usually an Anycast RP address is configured on a logic interface, like a loopback
interface.
Figure 123 Typical network diagram of Anycast RP
RP 1
Source
MSDP peers
SA message
The work process of Anycast RP is as follows:
1 The multicast source registers with the nearest RP. In this example, Source registers
with RP 1, with its multicast data encapsulated in the register message. When the
register message arrives at RP 1, RP 1 decapsulates the message.
2 Receivers send join messages to the nearest RP to join the RPT rooted as this RP. In
this example, Receiver joins the RPT rooted at RP 2.
3 RPs share the registered multicast information by means of SA messages. In this
example, RP 1 creates an SA message and sends it to RP 2, with the multicast data
from Source encapsulated in the SA message. When the SA message reaches RP 2,
RP 2 decapsulates the message.
4 Receivers receive the multicast data along the RPT and directly join the SPT rooted
at the multicast source. In this example, RP 2 forwards the multicast data down
the RPT. When Receiver receives the multicast data from Source, it directly joins
the SPT rooted at Source.
The significance of Anycast RP is as follows:
Optimal RP path: A multicast source registers with the nearest RP so that an
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SPT with the optimal path is built; a receiver joins the nearest RP so that an RPT
with the optimal path is built.
Load balancing between RPs: Each RP just needs to maintain part of the
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source/group information within the PIM-SM domain and forward part of the
multicast data, thus achieving load balancing between different RPs.
Router B
Router A
PIM-SM
RP 2
Receiver