Reference Guide

ip pim rp-candidate
To send out a Candidate-RP-Advertisement message to the bootstrap (BS) router or define group
prefixes that are defined with the RP address to PIM BSR, configure a PIM router.
C9000 Series
Syntax
ip pim rp-candidate {interface [priority]}[vrf vrf-name]
To return to the default value, use the no ip pim rp-candidate {interface
[priority]}[vrf vrf-name] command.
Parameters
interface Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number
information:
• For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback
then a number from 0 to 16383.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-
channel
then a number. The range is from 1 to 128.
• For a 1-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
GigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE then the slot/port information.
• For a VLAN, enter the keyword vlan then a number
from 1 to 4094.
priority (OPTIONAL) Enter the priority used in Bootstrap election
process. The range is zero (0) to 255. The default is 192.
vrf vrf-name (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword vrf followed by the name
of the VRF.
NOTE: Applies to specific VRF if input is provided, else
applies to Default VRF.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.7(0.0) Added support for VRF. Introduced on the S6000-ON.
1584
PIM-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)