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PowerConnect B-Series TI24X Configuration Guide 523
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Configuring a static multicast route
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PowerConnect(config)#router pim
PowerConnect(config-pim-router)#bsr-candidate loopback 1 32 100
PowerConnect(config-pim-router)#rp-candidate loopback 1 group-list 5
Syntax: [no] rp-candidate ethernet <portnum> | loopback <num> | ve <num> [group-list
<access-list-num>]
The <portnum> | loopback <num> | ve <num> parameter specifies the interface. The Layer 3
Switch will advertise the specified interface IP address as a candidate RP:
• Enter ethernet <portnum> for a physical interface (port).
• Enter ve <num> for a virtual interface.
• Enter loopback <num> for a loopback interface.
The group-list <access-list-num> indicates that a standard ACL is used to filter for which multicast
group the advertisement will be made.
NOTE
Extended ACLs cannot be used for group-list.
Configuring a static multicast route
Static multicast routes allow you to control the network path used by multicast traffic. Static
multicast routes are especially useful when the unicast and multicast topologies of a network are
different. You can avoid the need to make the topologies similar by instead configuring static
multicast routes.
You can configure more than one static multicast route. The Layer 3 Switch always uses the most
specific route that matches a multicast source address. Thus, if you want to configure a multicast
static route for a specific multicast source and also configure another multicast static route for all
other sources, you can configure two static routes as shown in the examples below.
To add static routes to multicast router A (refer to Figure 91), enter commands such as the
following.
PIMRouterA(config)#ip mroute 1 207.95.10.0 255.255.255.0 interface ethernet 2
distance 1
PIMRouterA(config)#ip mroute 2 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 interface ethernet 3 distance 1
PIMRouterA(config)#write memory
Syntax: mroute <route-num> <ip-addr> interface ethernet <portnum> | ve <num> [distance
<num>]
or
Syntax: mroute <route-num> <ip-addr> rpf_address <rpf-num>
The <route-num> parameter specifies the route number.
The <ip-addr> command specifies the PIM source for the route.
NOTE
In IP multicasting, a route is handled in terms of its source, rather than its destination.
You can use the ethernet <portnum> parameter to specify a physical port or the ve <num>
parameter to specify a virtual interface.