Chapter 20
| Multicast Routing
Configuring PIMv6 for IPv6
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To display settings for an RP candidate:
1. Click Routing Protocol, PIM6, SM.
2. Select RP Candidate from the Step list.
3. Select Show from the Action list.
4. Select an interface from the VLAN list.
Figure 543: Showing Settings for a PIM6 RP Candidate
Displaying the
PIM6 BSR Router
Use the Routing Protocol > PIM6 > SM (Show Information – Show BSR Router) page
to display Information about the bootstrap router (BSR).
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
◆ IP Address – IP address of interface configured as the BSR.
◆ Uptime – The time this BSR has been up and running.
◆ Priority – Priority value used by this BSR candidate.
◆ Hash Mask Length – The number of significant bits used in the multicast
group comparison mask by this BSR candidate.
◆ Expire – The time before the BSR is declared down.
◆ Role – Candidate or non-candidate BSR.
â—† State
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– Operation state of BSR includes:
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No information – No information is stored for this device.
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Accept Any – The router does not know of an active BSR, and will accept the
first bootstrap message it sees as giving the new BSR's identity and the RP-
set.
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Accept Preferred – The router knows the identity of the current BSR, and is
using the RP-set provided by that BSR. Only bootstrap messages from that
24. These parameters are based on RFC 5059.