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NOTE: This option is applicable to multicast group
range.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes Full—Swtich
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information First-hop routers use this address by to send register packets on behalf of source
multicast hosts. The RP addresses are stored in the order in which they are entered.
The RP is chosen based on a longer prefix match for a group. The RP selection
does not depend on dynamic or static RP assignments.
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.
Syntax
ip pim rp-candidate {interface [priority]
To return to the default value, use the no ip pim rp-candidate {interface
[priority] 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 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet 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.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
1160
PIM-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)