Service Manual

Version Description
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
7.8.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
pre- 6.1.1.1 Introduced on the E-Series.
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 [vrf vrf-name] rp-candidate {interface [priority]}
To return to the default value, use the no ip pim [vrf vrf-name] rp-candidate
{interface [priority]} command.
Parameters
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.
interface Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number
information:
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port[/subport]
information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE then the slot/port 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 the port-channel ID.
• For a VLAN, enter the keyword vlan then a number from 1
to 4094.
PIM-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) 1496