Configuring a c-rp, Enabling embedded rp – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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CAUTION:

You must perform static RP configuration on all routers in the IPv6 PIM-SM domain and specify the same
RP address.

NOTE:

In IPv6 BIDIR-PIM, a static RP can be specified with a virtual IPv6 address. For example, if the IPv6
addresses of the interfaces at the two ends of a link are 1001::1/64 and 1001::2/64, you can specify a

virtual IPv6 address, like 1001::100/64, for the static RP. As a result, the link becomes an RPL.

Configuring a C-RP

In an IPv6 BIDIR-PIM domain, you can configure routers that intend to become the RP as C-RPs. The BSR

collects the C-RP information by receiving the C-RP-Adv messages from C-RPs or auto-RP announcements

from other routers and organizes the information into an RP-set, which is flooded throughout the entire

network. Then, the other routers in the network calculate the mappings between specific group ranges

and the corresponding RPs based on the RP-set. H3C recommends that you configure C-RPs on backbone

routers.
To guard against C-RP spoofing, configure a legal C-RP address range and the range of multicast groups

to be served on the BSR. In addition, because every C-BSR has a chance to become the BSR, you must

configure the same filtering policy on all C-BSRs in the IPv6 BIDIR-PIM domain.
Follow these steps to configure a C-RP:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter IPv6 PIM view

pim ipv6

Configure an interface to be a
C-RP for IPv6 BIDIR-PIM

c-rp ipv6-address [ { group-policy acl6-number |
scope scope-id } | priority priority | holdtime

hold-interval | advertisement-interval adv-interval ] *
bidir

Required
No C-RP is
configured by

default.

NOTE:

When configuring a C-RP, ensure a relatively large bandwidth between this C-RP and the other devices
in the IPv6 BIDIR-PIM domain.

An RP can serve multiple IPv6 multicast groups or all IPv6 multicast groups. Only one RP can forward
multicast traffic for an IPv6 multicast group at a moment.

Enabling embedded RP

With the embedded RP feature enabled, the router can resolve the RP address directly from the IPv6

multicast group address of an IPv6 multicast packets. This RP can replace the statically configured RP or

the RP dynamically calculated based on the BSR mechanism. Thus, the DR does not need to know the RP
address beforehand.
Perform this configuration on all routers in the IPv6 BIDIR-PIM domain.
Follow these steps to enable embedded RP:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter IPv6 PIM view

pim ipv6

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