Users Guide

NOTE: Applies to specic VRF if input is provided, else applies to Default
VRF.
address Enter the RP address in dotted decimal format (A.B.C.D).
group-address
group-address
mask
Enter the keywords group-address then a group-address mask, in dotted decimal
format (/xx), to assign that group address to the RP.
override Enter the keyword override to override the BSR updates with static RP. The override
takes eect immediately during enable/disable.
NOTE: This option is applicable to multicast group range.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Added support for VRF. Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.5(0.1) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
pre- 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. The RP is chosen based on a longer prex match for a
group. The RP selection does not depend on dynamic or static RP assignments.
ip pim rp-candidate
Congure a PIM router to send out a Candidate-RP-Advertisement message to the bootstrap (BS) router or dene group prexes that are
dened with the RP address to PIM BSR.
Syntax
ip pim [vrf vrf-name] rp-candidate {interface [priority] [acl-name]}
To return to the default value, use the no ip pim [vrf vrf-name] rp-candidate {interface
[priority]} command.
1176 PIM-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)