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Chapter 33 Configuring IP Multicast Routing
Configuring IP Multicast Routing
•
Configuring Candidate BSRs, page 33-29
(optional)
•
Configuring Candidate RPs, page 33-30
(optional)
For overview information, see the
“Bootstrap Router” section on page 33-6
.
Defining the PIM Domain Border
As IP multicast becomes more widespread, the chance of one PIMv2 domain bordering another PIMv2
domain is increasing. Because these two domains probably do not share the same set of RPs, BSR,
candidate RPs, and candidate BSRs, you need to constrain PIMv2 BSR messages from flowing into or
out of the domain. Allowing these messages to leak across the domain borders could adversely affect the
normal BSR election mechanism and elect a single BSR across all bordering domains and co-mingle
candidate RP advertisements, resulting in the election of RPs in the wrong domain.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to define the PIM domain border. This
procedure is optional.
To remove the PIM border, use the no ip pim bsr-border interface configuration command.
Figure 33-4
Constraining PIMv2 BSR Messages
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
interface interface-id
Specify the interface to be configured, and enter interface configuration
mode.
Step 3
ip pim bsr-border
Define a PIM bootstrap message boundary for the PIM domain.
Enter this command on each interface that connects to other bordering
PIM domains. This command instructs the switch to neither send or
receive PIMv2 BSR messages on this interface as shown in
Figure 33-4
.
Step 4
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 5
show running-config
Verify your entries.
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
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PIMv2 sparse-mode
network
BSR
BSR
messages
Neighboring
PIMv2 domain
Neighboring
PIMv2 domain
Configure the
ip pim bsr-border
command on
this interface.
Configure the
ip pim bsr-border
command on
this interface.
BSR
messages
Layer 3
switch
Layer 3
switch