Administrator Guide

Configuring a Static Rendezvous Point
The rendezvous point (RP) is a PIM-enabled interface on a router that acts as the root a group-specific tree; every group must have an
RP.
• Identify an RP by the IP address of a PIM-enabled or Loopback interface.
{ip | ipv6} pim rp-address address group-address group-address mask [override]
Following is an example of IPv4 configuration:
DellEMC#show running-configuration interface loop0
!
interface Loopback 0
ip address 1.1.1.1/32
ip pim sparse-mode
no shutdown
DellEMC#show running-configuration pim
!
ip pim rp-address 1.1.1.1 group-address 224.0.0.0/4
Following is an example of IPv6 configuration:
DellEMC#show running-configuration interface loop0
!
interface Loopback 0
ipv6 address 2111:dddd:0eee::22/64
ipv6 pim sparse-mode
no shutdown
DellEMC#show running-configuration pim
!
ipv6 pim rp-address 2111:dddd:0eee::22/64 group-address 2111:dddd:0eee::22/128
Overriding Bootstrap Router Updates
PIM-SM routers must know the address of the RP for each group for which they have (*,G) entry.
This address is obtained automatically through the bootstrap router (BSR) mechanism or a static RP configuration.
Use the following command if you have configured a static RP for a group. If you do not use the override option with the following
command, the RPs advertised in the BSR updates take precedence over any statically configured RPs.
• Use the override option to use statically configured RP instead of the longest prefix match of the configured group address
associated with a dynamic RP.
{ip | ipv6} pim rp-address address {group-address group-address mask} [override]
To display the assigned RP for a group, use the show {ip | ipv6} pim rp [mapping | group-address] command from
EXEC privilege mode.
Following is an example of show ip pim rp command output:
DellEMC#show ip pim rp
Group RP
225.0.1.40 165.87.50.5
226.1.1.1 165.87.50.5
Following is an example of show ipv6 pim rp command output:
DellEMC#show ipv6 pim rp
Group RP
ff0e::225:1:2:1 14::1
ff0e::225:1:2:2 14::1
ff0e::226:1:2:1 14::1
ff0e::226:1:2:2 14::1
To display the assigned RP for a group range (group-to-RP mapping), use the show {ip | ipv6} pim rp mapping command in
EXEC privilege mode.
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PIM Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM)