Displaying Bsr Information - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Displaying PIM Sparse configuration information and statistics
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Displaying BSR information

To display BSR information, enter the following command at any CLI level.
BigIron RX(config-pim-router)# show ip pim bsr
PIMv2 Bootstrap information
This system is the elected Bootstrap Router (BSR)
BSR address: 207.95.7.1
Uptime: 00:33:52, BSR priority: 5, Hash mask length: 32
Next bootstrap message in 00:00:20
Next Candidate-RP-advertisement in 00:00:10
RP: 207.95.7.1
Candidate-RP-advertisement period: 60
This example show information displayed on a BigIron RX that has been elected as the BSR. The
following example shows information displayed on a BigIron RX that is not the BSR. Notice that
some fields shown in the example above do not appear in the example below.
BigIron RX(config-pim-router)# show ip pim bsr
PIMv2 Bootstrap information
BSR address
BSR priority = 5
Syntax: show ip pim bsr
This display shows the following information.
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BSR address
Uptime
BSR priority
Hash mask length
618
group prefixes:
224.0.0.0 / 4
= 207.95.7.1
Displays...
The multicast group address
The BigIron RX ports connected to the receivers of the groups.
Displays...
The IP address of the interface configured as the PIM Sparse Bootstrap
Router (BSR).
The amount of time the BSR has been running.
NOTE: This field appears only if this BigIron RX is the BSR.
The priority assigned to the interface for use during the BSR election
process. During BSR election, the priorities of the candidate BSRs are
compared and the interface with the highest BSR priority becomes the
BSR.
The number of significant bits in the IP multicast group comparison
mask. This mask determines the IP multicast group numbers for which
the BigIron RX can be a BSR. The default is 32 bits, which allows the
BigIron RX to be a BSR for any valid IP multicast group number.
NOTE: This field appears only if this BigIron RX is a candidate BSR.
BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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