3Com Switch 4800G 24-Port - MSDP Configuration Task List; Configuring Basic Functions of MSDP

MSDP Configuration Task List 679
Protocols and Standards MSDP is documented in the following specifications:
■ RFC 3618: Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
■ RFC 3446: Anycast Rendezvous Point (RP) mechanism using Protocol
Independent Multicast (PIM) and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
MSDP Configuration
Task List
Complete these tasks to configure MSDP:
Configuring Basic
Functions of MSDP
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All the configuration tasks should be carried out on RPs in PIM-SM domains, and
each of these RPs acts as an MSDP peer.
Configuration
Prerequisites
Before configuring the basic functions of MSDP, complete the following tasks:
■ Configure any unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are
interoperable at the network layer.
■ Configuring PIM-SM to enable intra-domain multicast forwarding.
Before configuring the basic functions of MSDP, prepare the following data:
■ IP addresses of MSDP peers
■ Address prefix list for an RP address filtering policy
Enabling MSDP Follow these steps to enable MSDP:
Task
Remarks
“Configuring Basic Functions of MSDP” on
page 679
“Enabling MSDP” on page 679 Required
“Creating an MSDP Peer
Connection” on page 680
Required
“Configuring a Static RPF Peer” on
page 680
Optional
“Configuring an MSDP Peer Connection” on
page 680
“Configuring MSDP Peer
Description” on page 681
Optional
“Configuring an MSDP Mesh
Group” on page 681
Optional
“Configuring MSDP Peer
Connection Control” on page 682
Optional
“Configuring SA Messages Related
Parameters” on page 682
“Configuring SA Message Content”
on page 682
Optional
“Configuring SA Request
Messages” on page 683
Optional
“Configuring an SA Message
Filtering Rule” on page 684
Optional
“Configuring SA Message Cache”
on page 684
Optional