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RPs. The BSR then encapsulates the RP-set in the bootstrap messages it periodically originates and floods
the BSMs to the entire IPv6 PIM-SM domain.
Figure 70 BSR and C-RPs
All routers in the network calculate the location of the corresponding RPs based on the information in the
RP-sets and the following rules:
1. The C-RP with the highest priority wins.
2. If all the C-RPs have the same priority, their hash values are calculated through the hashing
algorithm. The C-RP with the largest hash value wins.
3. If all the C-RPs have the same priority and hash value, the C-RP that has the highest IP address wins.
The hashing algorithm used for RP calculation is "Value (G, M, C
i
) = (1103515245 * ( (1103515245 * (G
& M) + 12345) XOR C
i
) + 12345) mod 2
31
."
Table 13 Values in the hashing algorithm
Value Descri
p
tion
Value Hash value.
G
The digest from the exclusive-or (XOR) operation between the 32-bit segments of the IPv6
multicast group address. For example, if the IPv6 multicast address is
FF0E:C20:1A3:63::101, G = 0xFF0E0C20 XOR 0x01A30063 XOR 0x00000000
XOR 0x00000101.
M Hash mask length.
C
i
The digest from the exclusive-or (XOR) operation between the 32-bit segments of the C-RP
IPv6 address. For example, if the IPv6 address of the C-RP is 3FFE:B00:C18:1::10, C
i
=
0x3FFE0B00 XOR 0x0C180001 XOR 0x00000000 XOR 0x00000010.
& Logical operator of "and."
XOR Logical operator of "exclusive-or."
mod Modulo operator, which gives the remainder of an integer division.