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Configure an interface as an IPv4 PIM bootstrap router
candidate

You can configure an interface as an IPv4 PIM bootstrap router (BSR) candidate.

To configure an interface as an IPv4 PIM BSR candidate:

1. Launch a web browser.

2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.

The login page displays.

3. Click the Main UI Login button.

The main UI login page displays in a new tab.

4. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password, and click the Login

button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must
specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.

The System Information page displays.

5. Select Routing > Multicast > PIM > BSR Candidate Configuration.

The BSR Candidate Configuration page displays.

6. From the Interface menu, select an interface.

7. In the Hash Mask Length field, specify the hash mask length to be advertised in

bootstrap messages.
The hash mask length is used in the hash algorithm for selecting the RP for a particular
group. The range is from 0 to 32. The default is 30.

8. In the Priority field, specify the priority for the BSR candidate.

The range is from 0 to 255. The default is 0.

9. In the Advertisement Interval field, specify the period in seconds between

advertisements.
The range is from 1 to 16383. The default is 60.

10. Click the Apply button.

Your settings are saved.

11. To save the settings to the running configuration, click the Save icon.

12. To refresh the page, click the Refresh button.

The following table describes the nonconfigurable fields on the page.

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