Reference Guide

Usage
Information
The RP addresses are stored in the order in which they are entered. RP addresses
learnt via BSR take priority over static RP addresses.
Without the override option, RPs advertised by the BSR updates take precedence
over the statically configured RPs.
ipv6 pim rp-candidate
Specify an interface as an RP candidate.
S5000
Syntax
ipv6 pim rp-candidate interface-type slot/port [priority-value]
Parameters
interface-type
slot/port
Enter the interface type and slot/port or number information.
Valid slot numbers are 0-11. The valid port numbers for each
interface type are listed below.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
tengigabitethernet followed by slot/port numbers.
The port range is 0 to 63.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE followed by slot/port numbers. The ports are
48, 52, 56, and 60.
• For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback
followed by a number from 0 to 16383.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-
channel
followed by a number from 1 to 128.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan followed
by a VLAN id number from 1 to 4094.
priority-value (OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the priority of this RP
Candidate, which is included in the Candidate-RP-
Advertisements. The range is 0 (highest) to 255 (lowest).
Defaults none
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
PIM-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
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