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M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches
Configure Multicast Routing User Manual447
5. From the list of interfaces, select the Interface.
6. Enter the Group Address transmitted in candidate-RP-advertisements.
If you enter an IPv6 address, the format is prefix/prefix length.
7. In the Group Mask field, enter the group address mask transmitted in
candidate-RP-advertisements
8. In the C-RP Advertisement
Interval field, specify the duration in seconds at which the
C-RP messages are unicast to the bootstrap router (BSR).
The range is from 1 to 16383 seconds. The default value is 60 seconds. If this field is
submitted without any value, the default value is used.
9. Click the Add button.
The candidate-RP address is added for the PIM router.
Configure the PIM Bootstrap Router Candidate
To configure the multicast PIM bootstrap router (BSR) candidate:
1. Launch a web browser
.
2. In the address field of your web browser
, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password,
and click the Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must specify a
local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The System Information page displays.
4. Select Routing> Multicast > PIM > BSR Candidate Configuration.
5. From the list of interfaces, select the Interface.
6. Enter the C-BSR Hash Mask Length to be advertised in bootstrap messages.
This hash mask length is used in the hash algorithm for selecting the RP for a particular
group.
The valid values are from 0 to 32. The default value is 30.