Web Management Guide-R06

Table Of Contents
Chapter 20
| Multicast Routing
Configuring PIM for IPv4
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Hash Mask Length – The number of significant bits used in the multicast
group comparison mask by this BSR candidate.
Expire – The time before the BSR is declared down.
Role – Candidate or non-candidate BSR.
State
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– Operation state of BSR includes:
No information – No information is stored for this device.
Accept Any The router does not know of an active BSR, and will accept the
first bootstrap message it sees as giving the new BSR's identity and the RP-
set.
Accept Preferred – The router knows the identity of the current BSR, and is
using the RP-set provided by that BSR. Only bootstrap messages from that
BSR or from a C-BSR with higher weight than the current BSR will be
accepted.
Candidate BSR – Bidding in election process.
Pending-BSR – The router is a candidate to be the BSR for the RP-set.
Currently, no other router is the preferred BSR, but this router is not yet the
elected BSR.
Elected BSR – Elected to serve as BSR.
Web Interface
To display information about the BSR:
1. Click Routing Protocol, PIM, SM.
2. Select Show Information from the Step list.
3. Select Show BSR Router from the Action list.
Figure 534: Showing Information About the PIM BSR
24. These parameters are based on RFC 5059.