HP VPN Firewall Appliances Network Management Configuration Guide

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Configuring PIM-SM at the CLI
This section describes how to configure PIM-SM.
PIM-SM configuration task list
Task Remarks
Enabling PIM-SM Required.
Configuring an RP
Configuring a static RP
Required.
Use any
method.
Configuring a C-RP
Enabling auto-RP
Configuring C-RP timers globally Optional.
Configuring a BSR
Configuring a C-BSR Required.
Configuring a PIM domain border Optional.
Configuring global C-BSR parameters Optional.
Configuring C-BSR timers Optional.
Disabling BSM semantic fragmentation Optional.
Configuring administrative scoping
Enabling administrative scoping Optional.
Configuring an admin-scoped zone boundary Optional.
Configuring C-BSRs for each admin-scoped zone
and the global-scoped zone
Optional.
Configuring multicast source registration Optional.
Configuring switchover to SPT Optional.
Configuring common PIM features at the CLI Optional.
Configuration prerequisites
Before you configure PIM-SM, complete the following tasks:
• Configure any unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
network layer.
• Determine the IP address of a static RP and the ACL rule defining the range of multicast groups to
be served by the static RP.
• Determine the C-RP priority and the ACL rule defining the range of multicast groups to be served by
each C-RP.
• Determine the legal C-RP address range and the ACL rule defining the range of multicast groups to
be served.
• Determine the C-RP-Adv interval.
• Determine the C-RP timeout timer.
• Determine the C-BSR priority.