xStack® DGS-3120 Series Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Web UI Reference Guide
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The following windows are used to configure the Candidate Boot Strap Router 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 following window, click
L3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM > PIM for IPv4 > PIM
Candidate BSR Settings
, as shown below:
Figure 5-109 PIM Candidate BSR Settings window
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Description
Candidate BSR Hash
Mask Len (0-32)
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 and 32 with a default setting of 30.
Candidate BSR
Bootstrap Period (1-
255)
Enter a time period between 1 and 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.
Interface name
Enter the interface name.
Click the
Apply
button to accept the changes made.
Click the
Find
button to locate a specific entry based on the information entered.
Click the
View All
button to view all the interfaces configured on this switch.
Click the
Edit
button to configure the specific BSR priority.
After clicking the
Edit
button, the following page with be displayed.
Figure 5-110 PIM Candidate BSR Settings – Edit window
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
Description
Priority
Enter a value -1 or from 0 to 255. The default value is -1 which means the BSR state is
disabled.
Click the
Apply
button to accept the changes made.
PIM Candidate RP Settings
The following window is used to set the Parameters for this Switch to become a candidate RP.
To view the following window, click
L3 Features > IP Multicast Routing Protocol > PIM > PIM for IPv4 > PIM
Candidate RP Settings
, as shown below:
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