Reference Guide
Command 
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command 
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, 
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version 
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
pre-Version 
6.1.1.1
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage 
Information
First-hop routers use this address by to send register packets on behalf of source 
multicast hosts. The RP addresses are stored in the order in which they are entered. 
RP addresses learned using BSR take priority over static RP addresses. Without the 
override option, RPs advertised by the BSR updates take precedence over the 
statically configured RPs.
ip pim rp-candidate
To send out a Candidate-RP-Advertisement message to the bootstrap (BS) router or define group 
prefixes that are defined with the RP address to PIM BSR, configure a PIM router.
S4820T
Syntax
ip pim rp-candidate {interface [priority]
To return to the default value, use the no ip pim rp-candidate {interface 
[priority] command.
Parameters
interface Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number 
information:
• For a Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
GigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback 
then a number from 0 to 16383.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-
channel
 then a number. The range is from 1 to 128.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a VLAN, enter the keyword vlan then a number from 
1 to 4094.
PIM-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
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