Administrator Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1608
Command History
Updated guidelines in version 6.5 firmware.
Example
console(config)#ip pim rp-address 192.168.21.1 239.1.0.0 255.255.0.0
override
ip pim rp-candidate
Use the ip pim rp-candidate command in Global Configuration mode to
configure the router to advertise itself to the bootstrap router (BSR) router as
a PIM candidate rendezvous point (RP) for a specific multicast group range.
Use the no form of this command to return to the default configuration. This
command replaces the ip pimsm rp-candidate command.
Syntax
ip pim rp-candidate vlan {vlan-id group-address group-mask [interval
interval]}
no ip pim rp-candidate vlan vlan-id group-address group-mask}
• vlan-id —A valid VLAN identifier with multicast routing enabled.
• group-address — A valid multicast group address.
• group-mask —A mask indicating the range of multicast groups for which
the router should advertise itself as an RP-candidate.
• interval—(Optional) Indicates the RP candidate advertisement interval.
The range is from 1 to 16383 seconds. The default value is 60 seconds.
Default Configuration
None - the router does not advertise itself as an RP candidate by default.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.