Configuring an msdp peer connection, Configuration prerequisites, Configuring msdp peer description – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter public network MSDP view or
VPN instance MSDP view

msdp [ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ]

Configure a static RPF peer

static-rpf-peer peer-address
[ rp-policy ip-prefix-name ]

Required
No static RPF peer configured by

default

NOTE:

If only one MSDP peer is configured on a router, this MSDP will be registered as a static RPF peer.

Configuring an MSDP peer connection

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure an MSDP peer connection, complete the following tasks:

Configure any unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
network layer

Configure basic functions of MSDP

Determine the description of MSDP peers

Determine the name of an MSDP mesh group

Determine the MSDP peer connection retry interval

Determine the MD5 authentication key for the TCP connection to be established with an MSDP peer

Configuring MSDP peer description

With the MSDP peer description information, the administrator can easily distinguish different MSDP

peers to better manage MSDP peers.
Follow these steps to configure description for an MSDP peer:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter public network MSDP view or
VPN instance MSDP view

msdp [ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ]

Configure description for an MSDP
peer

peer peer-address description text

Required
No description for MSDP peers by

default

Configuring an MSDP mesh group

An AS can contain multiple MSDP peers. You can use the MSDP mesh group mechanism to avoid SA
message flooding among these MSDP peers and optimize the multicast traffic.

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