Configuring c-rp timers globally, Configuring a bsr – H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches User Manual

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The default embedded RP address scopes are FF7x::/12 and FFFx::/12. Here “x” refers to any

legal address scope. For details of the scope field, see Multicast Overview of the IP Multicast

Configuration Guide.

Configuring C-RP timers globally

To enable the BSR to distribute the RP-Set information within the IPv6 PIM-SM domain, C-RPs

must periodically send C-RP-Adv messages to the BSR. The BSR learns the RP-Set

information from the received messages, and encapsulates its own IPv6 address together with

the RP-Set information in its bootstrap messages. The BSR then floods the bootstrap

messages to all IPv6 routers in the network.

Each C-RP encapsulates a timeout value in its C-RP-Adv messages. Upon receiving a

C-RP-Adv message, the BSR obtains this timeout value and starts a C-RP timeout timer. If the

BSR fails to hear a subsequent C-RP-Adv message from the C-RP when the timer times out,

the BSR assumes the C-RP to have expired or become unreachable.

The C-RP timers need to be configured on C-RP routers.

Follow these steps to configure C-RP timers globally:

To do...

Use the command...

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter IPv6 PIM view

pim ipv6

Configure the C-RP-Adv interval

c-rp advertisement-interval

interval

Optional

60 seconds by default

Configure C-RP timeout time

c-rp holdtime interval

Optional

150 seconds by default

For the configuration of other timers in IPv6 PIM-SM, refer to

Configuring IPv6 PIM Common

Timers

.

Configuring a BSR

An IPv6 PIM-SM domain can have only one BSR, but must have at least one C-BSR. Any router

can be configured as a C-BSR. Elected from C-BSRs, the BSR is responsible for collecting and

advertising RP information in the IPv6 PIM-SM domain.

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