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