Enabling ipv6 bidir-pim, Configuring an rp, Configuring a static rp – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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CAUTION:

On a router, all interfaces in the same VPN instance must work in the same IPv6 PIM mode.

NOTE:

For more information about the multicast ipv6 routing-enable command, see

IP Multicast Command

Reference.

Enabling IPv6 BIDIR-PIM

Perform this configuration on all routers in the IPv6 BIDIR-PIM domain.
Follow these steps to enable IPv6 BIDIR-PIM:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter IPv6 PIM view

pim ipv6

Enable IPv6 BIDIR-PIM

bidir-pim enable

Required
Disabled by default

Configuring an RP

An RP can be manually configured or dynamically elected through the BSR mechanism. For a large IPv6

PIM network, static RP configuration is a tedious job. Generally, static RP configuration is just a backup
means for the dynamic RP election mechanism to enhance the robustness and operation manageability

of a multicast network.

CAUTION:

In an IPv6 PIM network, if both IPv6 PIM-SM and IPv6 BIDIR-PIM are enabled, do not configure the same
RP to serve IPv6 PIM-SM and IPv6 BIDIR-PIM simultaneously to avoid IPv6 PIM routing table errors.

Configuring a static RP

If only one dynamic RP exists in a network, manually configuring a static RP can avoid communication

interruption due to single-point failures and avoid frequent message exchange between C-RPs and the

BSR.
Perform this configuration on all routers in the IPv6 BIDIR-PIM domain.
Follow these steps to configure a static RP:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter IPv6 PIM view

pim ipv6

Configure a static RP for IPv6
BIDIR-PIM

static-rp ipv6-rp-address
[ acl6-number ] [ preferred ] bidir

Required
No static RP by default

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