Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 3000 Ethernet Family
Command Reference Guide Chapter 3 PIM Configuration Commands
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Since BSR and other devices in PIM domain need to exchange a great deal of
information during candidate BSR configuration, a relatively large bandwidth must be
guaranteed.
Related command: pim sm.
Example
# Configure the IP address of the router on Ethernet1/0/0 as a candidate BSR with the
priority 2.
<3Com> system-view
[3Com] multicast routing-enable
[3Com] pim
[3Com-pim] c-bsr ethernet1/0/0 30 2
3.1.3 c-rp
Syntax
c-rp interface-type interface-number [ group-policy acl-number ] [ priority
priority-value ]
undo c-rp { interface-type interface-number | all }
View
PIM view
Parameter
interface-type interface-number: Specified interface with the IP address advertised as a
candidate RP address.
acl-number: Number of basic ACL that defines a group range, which is the service
range of the advertised RP. The value ranges from 2000 to 2999.
priority-value: Priority of a candidate RP. The larger the value is, the lower the priority is.
The value ranges from 0 to 255. By default, the value is 0.
all: Removes the configuration of all candidate RPs.
Description
Use the c-rp command to configure the router to advertise itself as a candidate RP to
BSR.
Use the undo c-rp command to remove the configuration.
By default, no candidate RP is configured.
When configuring a candidate RP, a relatively large bandwidth should be reserved for
the router and other devices in PIM domain.
Related command: c-bsr.