Command Manual – Multicast Protocol 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 6  MSDP Configuration Commands
 
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Related command: peer. 
Example 
# Configure the TTL threshold value to 10, i.e., only those multicast data packets with a 
TTL value greater than or equal to 10 can be forwarded to the MSDP peer 110.10.10.1. 
<Quidway> system-view 
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z. 
[Quidway] msdp 
[Quidway-msdp] peer 110.10.10.1 minimum-ttl 10 
6.1.15  peer request-sa-enable 
Syntax 
peer peer-address request-sa-enable 
undo peer peer-address request-sa-enable 
View 
MSDP view 
Parameter 
peer-address: Address of MSDP peer. 
Description 
Use the peer request-sa-enable command to enable the router to send SA request 
message to the specified MSDP peer when receiving a new group join message. 
Use the undo peer request-sa-enable command to remove the configuration. 
By default, when receiving a new group join message, the router sends no SA request 
messages to MSDP peers but waits to receive the next SA message. 
Related command: cache-sa-enable. 
Example 
# Configure to send SA request message to the MSDP peer 125.10.7.6. 
<Quidway> system-view 
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z. 
[Quidway] msdp 
[Quidway-msdp] peer 125.10.7.6 request-sa-enable 
6.1.16  peer sa-cache-maximum 
Syntax 
peer peer-address sa-cache-maximum sa-limit